I was sitting here, feeling sorry for myself, and really not in a place to write about a moment this week.
I’ve been waiting on a shipment of paper for my father-in-law’s wedding invitations and it arrived yesterday, while I was out. The box was left in the pouring rain, without protection, by the front door which we hardly use. I found out it was there last night at 2am. My son woke me for the third time that night and my husband had just arrived home from work. Hubs thought I should know about the box, since I was awake anyway. I got up, took photos of the box and its contents and tried to relax enough to go back to bed. So, not a lot of sleep last night, ruined paper and deadlines looming, all making me very grumpy.
Working with headphones on, iPod shuffling songs and here comes Eva Cassidy to put it all into perspective. Eva was a singer/songwriter with an amazing voice that died in 1996 at the age of 33 from skin cancer before many people knew of her gift.
I’ll catch up on my sleep, the paper will be replaced, my son will eventually need to be woken up instead of the other way around. I’m alive and should be kickin’, people. And that’s what I’m going to do, thanks to Eva Cassidy and her amazing voice.
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It sound like you and I had similarly crappy days yesterday. I’m sorry to hear about that. And yet we both embraced this morning the same way, by focusing on the positive and all that we had to be thankful for. Thank you for sharing this beautiful song. I’m focused, positive, thankful, and ready to brace the day 😉
Beautiful song. Thank you for introducing me to Eva Cassidy. So important for us to put things into perspective especially when having a crappy day/week/month. Thank you for the reminder.
Have a positively wonderful day and weekend!
Oh, I have tears in my eyes. Perspective can be so hard when we are in the midst of a crisis. Especially when there are multiple issues piling up at 2 a.m. I’m so impressed you are able to step back and look at it all with a level head.
That being said, having been an oncology nurse, I often had patients who were having a tough day, month, week or year, who would say to me, “I shouldn’t complain because so-and-so has it much worse.” I always replied by telling them a bad day is a matter of perspective. Just because someone has it worse, doesn’t mean you aren’t entitled to your bad moment. You can yell, scream, swear, cry. Whatever you need. You’re human. Be expressive. Be true to yourself. Then move forward. It’s OK and you’ve probably earned a good temper tantrum.
How’s that for an unsolicited lecture from a cancer RN? It’s in my DNA, I can’t help myself 🙂
Thank you so much for linking this video. The song is amazing, Eva Cassidy’s voice brought tears to my eyes. Beautiful.