Journey with Della

Thanks for joining me!

These past few days, I have been immersed in doing things that I do not think were ever intended to be done by me. You know what I mean? The types of things which half the time you have no idea what should be done or what you are doing?

Well, yes! If you do not have any idea what that is, permit me fill you in. It usually starts when someone whom I have recruited to do what I know I am not good at either fails to deliver or delivers a product that is so sub-standard that I can’t stand. Some people have attributed my dissatisfaction with the products I receive to my exceptionally high standards. Others think that I just make a big deal out of stuff that should not be taken that seriously.

So as I sat on my laptop to begin designing some graphics for the events my team and I are working on, I could hear all these voices in the back of my head. At some point I paused and thought long and hard about the what these voices were saying but later decided it is what it is. Now I am ready to call it one of my pet peeves. I mean, don’t we all have them? The fact that some of these meant well does not make it any less annoying. Oh well!

Oh well! It is the end of another year and just the right time to think such things through but I know better than to trust my assessment on these issues. So, I consult some trusted friends and pay attention to those voices. The voices of the people who care more about me than showing me where I failed. The voices of people with whom I am a team because I know that they know that if I fail, we fail together just like the successes are ours together.

I am guessing you are still reading because something within you agrees with something I am saying. You have no idea just how important it is to me that you are there at all. Hear me out!

We are all flawed humans trying our best to be the best we were made for. Failures and shortcomings are NORMAL as long as we do not let them get the better of us. Feel bad, ponder the why, but whatever you do, don’t let today interfere with tomorrow.

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

So, yeah! Today did not go as I hoped but I can see the sun rising on the horizon as it announces the soon to be tomorrow. Let us hold our hands and keep moving. Sooner than later, we will be able to measure the progress we have made on this long and often weary stretch of road.

You are broken and so am I but as long as there is breathe, we have another opportunity to let the broken pieces of us come together to make the mosaic that will brighten someone’s day.

So, let’s journey on 🙂

Broken and beautiful!!!