When challenges slap us up side the head, it’s always good to consider what YOU have to do with the situation and its circumstances. Truthfully, if you draw a line to the circumstance and its unveiling there are always roads that lead back to YOU and your reaction to the event.
One of my good friends told me about three years ago that her company was going to be offering packages to anyone who had over 25 years of service. I asked if she was going to go ahead and take one of the offers. She barked back at me, “I am not leaving until they escort me out the door.” I encouraged her, at that time, to start planning for the day when empty boxes appear on her desk to pack up those 25 year memories while she is being asked to make a quick exit to her car.
Last week she called enraged that the company had offered her a package, had empty boxes on her desk when she returned from HR, and gave her 15 minutes to pack her 28 years of ‘stuff.’ She was yelling “the nerve of them to let me go after all these years of service, dedication and hard work.” While I agreed with the sadness of the inhumane manner she was being treated, ya can’t say she wasn’t warned!
Why is it that we always hear people say things such as:
“I can’t believe this happened to me!”
“That kind of thing never happens in our neighborhood.”
“He was always so quiet. I wonder what made him snap?”
Because people do not like to face the truth! Draw the line back to any circumstance in your life and you’ll see you were given warnings, red flags were there, tiny alarms went off inside you and you felt something wasn’t quite right. We sometimes are simply duped by the truth.
If there are any red flags flapping in your face, take charge of that situation now, prepare for any outcome and do not be caught off guard again!
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