Originally Written May 17, 2012
I had a facial planned for today. Not just any facial, but a "You Glo Girl" facial - microdermabrasion, mini peel, the works. I plan these things every 3 weeks. I don't plan more important things that far in advance - that's how important these facials are to me. I feel like a goddess when I am done and who doesn't need to feel like that every once in a while?
So, because they are so important to me, the appointment goes in my work calendar and I block the time to ensure that nothing can interfere. Well, I get this meeting invitation from my boss yesterday for a conference call to last an half hour, butting up against my facial appointment in my calendar. Doesn't she know I need to drive to my appointment LOL? No, because she doesn't know that the blocked time is for a facial (haha). I think to myself - okay, I can make this work. I will just leave early, take my lap top, park in the parking lot of my salon, take the call, and when I am done, I will go in my appointment. Boom. Done.
I walked outside to my truck, get in, turn the key and...nothing but a click and an annoying 'eeeeeeehh'! REALLY? Why today, of all days, when I have something so important to my happiness, do I have a dead battery?
I literally started to cry like a child who broke her favorite toy. I was so angry. I stomped back inside and, through my tears, I began a tirade of text messages: First to my aesthetician to cancel/reschedule the appointment, next to my hubby letting him know the battery is dead in our truck. When everyone had been texted, I hang my head and cry some more, feeling sorry for myself.
No joke - I had to figuratively slap my face and tell myself to snap out of it. It's only a facial. So what? I have no reason to feel sorry for myself. I can remember the day when I couldn't afford a regularly scheduled facial. Heck, I can remember the days when I couldn't afford a car to get to a regularly scheduled facial. I needed an attitude change. If I let small things that I cannot control affect me this way, what happens when the big things come along? A total nervous breakdown?
I pushed back from my computer and realized that my aesthetician would call me back. I will still get my facial, I just needed a new appointment, to grow some flexibility and to stop putting so much pressure on myself. If I am going to get through this, or any other challenge, I have to stop feeling sorry for myself.
So, to answer my own question: Why today, of all days, did my truck's battery die, when I have something so important to my happiness happening today? Because sometimes we need a wake up call to help us realize what is important in life and to be grateful for what we already have because, truly, with a positive outlook we can overcome anything.
And guess what? After I pulled myself together and gave myself a reality check, wonderful things started to happen. My hubby agreed to leave work, bring me a new battery and change it for me. My aesthetician called back and rescheduled my appointment for later that afternoon.
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”– Helen Keller
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