Give It Time

Whoa. What a difference a couple of days can make.  It was almost 60 degrees in CoMo yesterday (that's Columbia, MO).  I had a great morning swim workout and an awesome afternoon ride with a grad school buddy.  Downtown is almost "electric" this morning--KU is in town, the sun is out and tomorrow is supposed to be nice too!

A week ago my positive attitude was severely waning and I was beginning to wonder what the hell I was doing in Missouri...The lesson here is that allowing a little bit of time to pass can make all the difference. Sometimes there is nothing you can do but be patient and wait for things to change on their own.  I'm a bit of a control-freak, so this idea doesn't sit very well with me.

In one of my courses we are learning how successful organizations design their internal structure--the  common trend among them is the ability to readily adapt to change--they're flexible and exhibit a "bend but don't break" mentality.  The idea sounds simple, but implementation is more difficult because the process is perpetual.

Life is all about "Ups" and "Downs," right?  Adapting to the good times is easy!  And, like good organizations we can all overcome the difficult times in our lives by first expecting challenges to happen and second, being patient and allowing a little bit of time for things to change.

By now you can probably tell that I analyze life entirely too much.  I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing.  But, I do know this:  Today is going to be a great day.  That's all that really matters.

I hope yours is the same.






--Schmidty