Boom!

There are times in our lives where we think we're on track, we've figured everything out and everything is copacetic. Then, BOOM!, we're reminded that we only thought that everything was copacetic. I'm learning lots about myself lately. I'm learning that I'm pretty laid back. I've learned that I'm quite patient. I learned that as long as I keep my humour about me, that I can get through some tense, perhaps awkward, situations. I'm learning that my style is changing...no, I'm not making a switch back to leg warmers, my style of coping has changed. I used to cringe and feel bad when I didn't nail something on the head the first time...I didn't take criticism well - it all felt very personal to me. I don't know what happens in life or when it happens but one day, you find yourself sitting across the desk from someone who is criticizing your work, in not so many words telling you that you totally missed the mark. It amuses me to realize that at one time, that would put me in a tailspin for a couple of days but now that I'm 37 (and I don't know if age really has anything to do with it at all), I can sit there with a smile on my face, listen to the criticism, listen to that person's belief that I just didn't get what I was told to do, and let them know that I'll go back to the drawing board and try my best, again. Boom! There you have it!