Wow I feel like i just came through one of those tight tight holes…yep, sort of squished through, and although still in one piece, I must say that I am not the exact person I was on the other side.
I have had to surmount a mental change of willingness to do whatever it takes. My mind and all the thoughts swirling around were like sitting in a committee room with twenty people arguing all day and night about something none of them had any control over. I finally decided that it simply does not matter what the job is, as long as I am willing to take that first step and get in the game! Armed with my pen, I began going door to door on any business that was open and asking if I could fill out an application. I told the committee members I did not want to hear from any of them until I was finished and home again, then they could go at it if they wished:-)
This job I begin tomorrow is a job I would of said no way there is simply just no way I would ever work there or deal with that kind of work for such little pay, yet here I am, and grateful that it is here. I have had to endure my own “pride” and “ego” screaming NO! Like a mother telling her children that they have to do something, they do not want to do, I have had to get tough with my own pride and ego. Still tonight, my ego is out of line, because as I was speaking with a friend, I got all nervous and embarrassed to tell here where I was hired, and thought, perhaps of not saying a word about it. I finally took my ego into the other room and had one of those tough talks with it. Who do I think I am to be anything but grateful!
Today I know that nothing is forever…this is my process of moving from here to there, and I do not know where there is yet. I do not need to know, all I need to remember is that for me life can be lived fully anywhere and at every moment, no matter what I am doing! Ahhhh….. After all, I can still practice being a compassionate and loving human being, even while preparing and serving up fast food! I have the opportunity each and every single day of inspiring the people around me, by finding the things to be inspired about!
~Cheryl
I have an acquaintance that manages 4 Wendy’s restaurants here in North Central FL. He started from the bottom up as had the manager of the local one that I was eating at. Both are paid pretty good.
You can never tell where a job may take you. I had a sales job that helped me be able to write proposals better which had lead to another job that was quite fulfilling in Ohio.
Sometimes we need to take a job for a little bit until something turns up.
Good to hear you are working again!