You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you get what you need

Letting go of the irretrievable past and the unpredictable future , we discover our selves in the living present ~ S. Levine

We are the Ones

Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once,
but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.
Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul,
to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely.

~Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Patience with the job hunt

 As my frustration grew today and my patience was tested with the job hunt, I decided to step back and do an internet search for "patience for getting a job." I came across a web site, ejobcoach.com, and liked this little tidbit: "A baseball player with a batting average of .300 is doing damned well, yet we often forget to recognize that what this means is that he has missed 70% of the balls thrown at him."

After reading that I breathed out some of the frustration and breathed in a bit of hope and patience. Just because I haven't gotten a job in almost a year, and I don't receive responses from 99% of all the jobs I apply to, doesn't mean I'm not worthy of a wonderful job. And it doesn't mean that the right job isn't on its way. In its own time. 

I realized that if I continue with this frustration level, my resentment level will increase. This will negatively affect my energy levels when searching and interviewing for jobs. The moral of the story is that I need to practice more patience with myself and potential employers.

What do you need to have more patience with in your life?

Argue for your limitations and they are yours. Richard Bach

The New Year brings opportunity

Happy New Year!

With a new year comes new opportunities. Take this time to look back over 2011 and reflect on the joys and sorrows it brought you.
Now, let them go.
Focus on the present and on what you would like to come into your Life in 2012. Is it a new job, travel, less worry, more joy, less stress, more exercise? Whatever it is for you, visualize it and allow yourself to be open to welcome those things into your Life.
I'm open for change this year and for a new job. I dont know when it may happen or what it might look like but I know it will happen. And it will be the right opportunity for me. I'm doing my best to let go of 2011 so that my energy is freed up for all the wonderful things 2012 has to offer me.

I wish you wonderful opportunity in 2012!

Perseverance

Fall down 53 times.
Get up 54.

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