My Light-Bulb Moment

This week my theory about things happening for a reason received considerable validation.

One of the things that had driven me to apply for my current job was the prospect of potentially having to move offices to work in town.  It wasn't that we'd been told it would happen, I could just see it coming on the horizon.  And it wasn't working in town that was a problem. I work in town now, it was more to do with the surroundings I'd be in.  I'd gone so far as to make a prediction that the team would be on the move by the end of the financial year.

So it wasn't any great surprise to hear this week that the decision had been made, and they are soon to be on the move.  I am sorry to hear it however, as they are all so happy where they are, and it works how it is.  What's the age old saying?  If its not broken, don't fix it!  Well this is being fixed, regardless!!

I have to admit there's a little bit of me that is secretly pleased, as they will soon be much closer and I will only have to wander across the road to say hello.  We'll be able to meet for lunch and coffee and I'll see more of them.  But I also understand their apprehension, so I'm trying to keep those feelings to myself for now.

I had been missing being with them quite a bit of late.  And occasionally the devil on my shoulder makes me question whether I've done the right thing, usually after a bad day at the office!  Mostly I shut him up with chocolate, but that tiny bit of me does sometimes think about the what ifs.  Don't get me wrong, I really do enjoy my new job, its interesting, most of the people are great and its just so varied, there's no way I could ever be bored.  Mostly because my boss see's to it I don't get enough free time to be bored.

I do know however, and I'm now 100% sure, that I'm exactly where I should be!  There will be no more doubting that fact.  When I do have a bad day I will reflect on the alternative and count my blessings.  After all I do have a boss that gets the beers in (well the PH equivalent - Hot Chocs) just to reward a job well done.  So on balance there's a lot worse places I could be.

I remember once talking to my very good friend J about my theory, when she was going through a particularly bad patch.  I told her that there were better things in the grand plan for her, and that one day she would have a moment of clarity, like a light going on, where she would see what the reason was and know that it had all been worthwhile.

All in all I have to conclude that the unpleasant stuff that I went through in my personal life, that put me in the frame of mind that made me apply for the job in the first place was actually worth the aggravation.  It didn't just bring me the job, it brought me other unexpected benefits too, including some new and precious people into my life, and this was the final piece of the jigsaw.  I had my light-bulb moment this week.  That final realisation that it had all happened for a reason, and that what was on the other side was more than worth enduring the ride to get there!

Cxx