PATIENCE ☺️// What it can teach you when you’re in a stressful season
Published about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Hello my InspoPeeps!
The last week has been one hell of a doozey but I’m happy to be coming out the other side of this mini season of CRAZY! Let me paint the picture of what’s been going on….
7 crazy days!
Day 1: Found out my dad was admitted to hospital. 😢
Day 2: Rushing to get things done before flying out to see him, I back into our garage door. 🤬
Day 3: Make it to destination and head off to the hospital only to break down on a busy interstate and barely make it off the road (Driver’s side wheel was on the white line) and my door was almost touching the guard rail. We waited for 3 hours for help to arrive. No police. No transportation department. Even after calling. My brother and I didn’t see dad that day. 😖
Day 4: Make it to hospital the next day and relieved to see dad is recovering but start to feel a tickle in my throat by the end of our time together. By evening I was unable to talk. 🤧
Day 5: Flew home the next day only to be delayed once everyone was on the plane and we were to takeoff. I’m feeling like garbage at this point and trying so hard to stay calm. Finally, we are cleared to leave and by the time I land I have no energy, am coughing and sneezing and just want to lay down. 😪
Day 6: The next day I did nothing but sleep when my head wasn’t feeling like it was in a vice. 😴
Day 7: I miss my favorite women’s networking event to keep resting. But after lots of homeopathic remedies I started to feel normal again by the afternoon. 💪
I don’t like to be dramatic, and I let things roll off my back but DAMN! That was a lot in a short amount of time, and I don’t know what was going on! I even looked to see if Mercury was in retrograde! 🤪
But joking aside, here’s what I do know with 100% certainty: GOD HAS MY BACK! I prayed a lot, stayed very calm throughout this entire week and just surrendered. I knew things were happening for a reason even though I was unable to explain them. I remained patient throughout it all, never rushing, willing or forcing the situations to be different. They were what they were, and I leaned in with grace and love. And you know what? It all was a blessing.
Flip it to the blessings
I was able to spend a whole lotta time with my brother in that car! We had some funny conversations waiting for help when it was 95 degrees outside and even hotter in the car! 🥵😂
I was able to see my dad right after his procedure and tell him I love him. He wasn’t supposed to have it until after I left. 🥰
I watched a funny new show my brother introduced me to while sipping on honey, lemon and hot water. I never watch TV so another way to slow down and chill. 📺
I had the aisle seat on the exit row so more room to spread out and not feel like I was on top of the person next to me, especially since I was suppressing my coughing and sneezing as much as I could. ✈️
My family took care of me upon arrival home and allowed me to go straight to bed! 🛌
I slept. Like really slept all day and that was what I needed to recover. Something I never do! 💤
The owner and creator of the networking event I missed was so gracious and said to use my ticket for next month! Bless! 🙏
So hey, if you’ve gotten this far, thank you for listening. This was part cathartic and part a lesson on just leaning in. When we fight the things that are out of our control we lose every time. So, I feel it's best to find the blessings in the valleys and have gratitude in all things.
Cheers to the weekend and may you find the pace slow, the love overflowing and your health at its peak. Keep trailblazing your tracks of life!
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