Posts Tagged ‘troubles’
Coping when your world erupts
So you’re floating along, blue skies ahead, staring into a bright horizon. Life is good.
And a volcano erupts. In Iceland.
The blue skies become hazy. An ash cloud blocks the bright horizon. You’re grounded and the good is gone.
Major life disruptions can happen just as quickly as the eruption of the Icelandic volcano that grounded planes and stranded passengers all over the world. One moment things couldn’t be better. The next, financial markets crash and you’re unemployed. The doctor says your biopsy is positive. A call brings news that a loved one has died on the way to work. Lightning strikes and your house explodes in flames. And it takes some regrouping before you can figure out how to navigate around the new ash cloud that’s enveloped your life.
Quotes to help you get a grip
You’re already running behind when, as you’re buckling your screaming toddler into the car, you notice he’s wearing two different types of shoes. You back over a toy on your way out of the garage, get stuck in a nightmarish traffic jam, finally drop off the kids, and wind up being the last straggler to the daily staff meeting. The boss decides to single you out as an example of people who do a poor job scheduling
their mornings. And since you were late, you lost your chance to volunteer for the plum assignments and wind up being assigned to chaperone past board members during the upcoming annual meeting.
You’re having a very bad day. And the clock hasn’t yet struck 9 a.m.