Tuesday's Muse was RANTING

I started this post at 8am.  It’s nearly 10am and as much as I’ve tried to avoid this, my mood has taken a steep nosedive this morning in the short span of 2 hours.  I will keep my rant to a minimum but it is a rant unfortunately.  I might post later ….


Ok, I couldn’t resist.  A SMALL rant.  When I arrived in the office this morning I had 17 emails to be tended to.  All were urgent and all needed stuff done IMMEDIATELY.  Now I ask you, how the HELL can that be done?  

Then on top of that there are several things in here for products and orders I have NO CLUE how to do.  Mrs. NotThoughtful (my new name for my boss), didn’t think to train me on these things hoping that in the two weeks she would be gone on her 4,000th vacation of the year, that nothing would come up.  Well congratulations dear, Mrs. NotThoughtful, I think you might just have won the Darwin award for corporate stupidity, because as Mr. Murphy says… “Anything that can go wrong… WILL”.  

Now I have people screaming at me for orders, screaming at me because their service can’t be moved in 7 days, and orders that I have no clue how to do that are all rejected and must be re-sent.  It’s a busy, stressful day and serves as a reminder (for many other reasons that just stated here, do not think me going off on a tangent for no reason) as to why I need to be out of here.

Wish me well in getting out and into something that doesn’t make my heart race… soon.

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DAILY INSPIRATION

Different Ways of Navigating
We're All in the Same Boat

We're all in the same boat. We just have different paddles, and perhaps we find ourselves on different rivers. We all live in human bodies. These are the vehicles in which we move through our world. We are all made of flesh, blood, and bone, with brains, hearts, and lungs to power us. Our paddles-the tools we use to move through the world-vary, as do the bodies of water-the environments-in which we find ourselves.

Some of us use our high IQs to get where we want to go. Some of use our smiles, others use kindness, a gift with language, or athletic ability. Some of these qualities we were born with and others are skills we have learned. Considering this metaphor in light of your own life can be very enlightening. What tools are you using to get from point A to point B in your life? Chances are, you and the people you know have used many different tools in various combinations throughout your lives to get where you needed to go. Just as with oars or paddles, a balanced approach is best. If you rely too much on one thing, like beauty, to open doors, you fail to be well-rounded and you may eventually lose your equilibrium. And if you lose that one quality, you have no paddle at all. This is inspiration to develop multiple tools to navigate your world.

Some of us may be moving along paths that are like rushing rivers; others may be on a large, still lake. We have all felt, at one time or another, tossed about on a stormy ocean. Through all this, we are never really alone, even though it might seem that way. There is inspiration all around us in the form of other people making their way through the world, in the very same boat. Remember to look around you for role models, companionship, and encouragement.

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AND REMEMBER

Fears, indecision, and frustration feed on words. Without words they usually stop. . . . Words are at times good for looking back, but they are confining when I need to act in the present.
~Hugh Prather