It's True: There's Always Someone Going Through Something Worse Than You Are

In the midst of all my excitement over the wedding and the very positive progression of the wedding plans, I got smacked upside the head with a difficult work situation yesterday. And of course being the calm, rational person I am (haha) I turned it into an end of the world situation. Truth be told my work situation is beyond bad right now, but at least I have a job and a paycheck (granted, fear of not having either or both of those things after Friday was the issue yesterday).

But today, as things gradually worked themselves out and I once again turned into the calm, sometimes sane person I like to think I am (stop laughing), I realized that besides being incredibly blessed, life simply is not that bad for me. Sure losing a job would suck, especially if it was not due to any fault of my own, but there are much worse things out there.

And then I ran across this blog...http://www.fatcyclist.com . This man just, as in less than 10 days ago, lost his wife of 21 years after a very long battle with cancer. He is left to raise his four children on his own. He is sad, but not beaten. The story made me cry, eventhough I obviously do not know the man, his family or his wife.

And then I remembered what Jason was trying to get me to focus on last night. Life is full of trials, but together we will get through. I am so blessed to have him and to know that when I leave work today he will be waiting for me with open arms and a smile that makes my heart melt, and that would be the same if I did or didn't have a job. I love that he promised to take care of me, something I am so used to doing by myself, and truth be told I'm still adjusting to the fact that there is someone that wants to do that for me. I also am equally blessed by the fact that I have an amazing circle of family and friends to help me through whatever life may throw my way.

I have to admit I am more than blessed. I know that I have the strength to overcome difficult situations and dark times, because I have done just that. I know more will come. What I now am going to strive for is, no matter the situation, I will keep perspective. It's okay to be broken at times, but not defeated. It's normal to have a minor "freak out" over a situation, but it's time for me to stop predicting the "end of the world as I know it" with each minor inconvenience. I need to balance not only my time, but my emotions. And mostly to always remember that it truly could be worse, and thankfully right now it isn't.