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Life's little lessons

Posted on Jul 24th, 2006 by Tag : Writer and Dreamer Tag

I do not work the most glamurous job in the universe.  I work at Taco Bell.  I'm not even a manager yet.  However, I still have the ability to look beyond the mundane and see the ultimately spiritual.  But sometimes, I have to be reminded how to do that...

The other day, all over St. Charles the power went out and so of course, Taco Bell's didn't (we were SLAMMED).

 One customer in particular was very impatient about getting his/her tacos.  At the window they honked and carried on, just because we weren't moving fast enough or whatever and I was getting really upset because that's how it had been all night long.  I turned to face the window and this jackass to see who they were so that I would have that "bastard's" face imprinted in my mind for all eternity and always give them "shit" about being so obnoxious to everyone working when..........all I saw was my reflection.   

I know that when you are looking at a window where your side is really bright and the other side is really dark, that's what happens.  I know this as a scientific fact.  But I couldn't help but stop at least a nanosecond and realize that there was some kind of lesson here.  Something that the Gods or Spirits or whatever wanted me to see so that I could get on with my life and not be so easily shaken when it comes to dealing with other people.

These types of moments happen all the time in my life and I find myself forgetting them eventually.  But since my eyes are open to them constantly, I feel that that it's more about noticing them than it is about learning them.  Like, you don't have to remember every sunset/sunrise out there--they all look the same.  What is important is experiencing the majesty of it, taking time to rediscover how magnificent life and nature are.

 I hope that no matter what job I have, I am able to see these things!

 

BTW, I've decided on my career finally:  I was just meant to work at a church of some kind--preferrably the one I am wanting to start.

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MsCapriKell : Essential Wellness Consultant
11 minutes later
MsCapriKell said

WOW! That would have stopped me in  my tracks!!  So…. what I get from your experience… my little lesson that popped into my head:  When we go looking for the negative in others, we are sure to see ourselves where ever we look.

Talking about GROUNDING!!  Pow! 

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