INTJMom
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I'm just putting this here to remind myself later when I'm feeling down...
Yesterday I went back to work... it was 4 weeks after my husband died. My boss asked me what my plans were... we talked for over a half hour about that. I got a little work done, then she took me out for lunch.
On the way back to the office, she paid me the nicest compliment, and she said it with such sincere feeling in her voice... it was enough to make tears come to my eyes. She said that she thought I was going to be able to do well in life... that I'm "an exceptional person" and that I have been such a "gift" to her.
I'm so thankful to finally be at a place in my life that I can even receive those words and take them to heart. For so much of my life, I would dismiss words like that, telling myself the person didn't really know what they were talking about.
Anyhow... every so often I get glimpses into my future that seem pretty positive and encouraging and it seems like I have a lot of good to look forward to, but then when I start thinking about how I would actually go about accomplishing any of it (based on past experience) I begin to fear, and my stomach ties up in knots. That's why I need to just put my faith and trust in God and keep putting one foot in front of the other the best I know how.
My boss said that when she thinks about my situation, these words keep coming to her mind:
"Today is the first day of the rest of your life."
I can embrace that... today anyway.
Yesterday I went back to work... it was 4 weeks after my husband died. My boss asked me what my plans were... we talked for over a half hour about that. I got a little work done, then she took me out for lunch.
On the way back to the office, she paid me the nicest compliment, and she said it with such sincere feeling in her voice... it was enough to make tears come to my eyes. She said that she thought I was going to be able to do well in life... that I'm "an exceptional person" and that I have been such a "gift" to her.
I'm so thankful to finally be at a place in my life that I can even receive those words and take them to heart. For so much of my life, I would dismiss words like that, telling myself the person didn't really know what they were talking about.
Anyhow... every so often I get glimpses into my future that seem pretty positive and encouraging and it seems like I have a lot of good to look forward to, but then when I start thinking about how I would actually go about accomplishing any of it (based on past experience) I begin to fear, and my stomach ties up in knots. That's why I need to just put my faith and trust in God and keep putting one foot in front of the other the best I know how.
My boss said that when she thinks about my situation, these words keep coming to her mind:
"Today is the first day of the rest of your life."
I can embrace that... today anyway.
