The past few weeks work has been insane. Life has been insane. INSANE. And not bad insane. Crazy busy insane. But it's like that for everyone, isn't it? Maybe not all the time but at least some of the time.
Today one of the members of my tribe and I were walking. And when tribe members get together to walk they talk about as fast as they walk, (in case you are a boy and you didn't know.) She was telling me an article she read about the diet Whole30. It was helping to motivate people to stay on the diet and blah blah blah. When she first told me about it, we were talking like the article was meant for you to hear it. About how staying on a diet and eating the proper things that go along with it doesn't compare to the real hard things in life. It made sense.
Then I came home and I got to thinking. While it does help with hopefully keeping me from downing another 4 for 4 from Wendy's for a second day in a row, it also makes sense for the everyday occurrences. I shall share a few of my thoughts on my subject.
Stealing from the article to make my point, you know what's hard? Beating cancer. You know what's not? Dealing with payroll (while it is a pain in the butt and should be banned in all 50 states) You know what's hard? Birthing a baby. You know what's not? The early morning rush to get the kids to school before that dreadful bell rings. You know what's hard? Losing a parent. You know what's not? Dealing with that pile of dirty laundry and dishes that just will not go away.
Recently during Sunday School our teacher said something that has literally stuck with me every day since. In fact, it has even gotten me through a few days. He said (of course paraphrasing because well it's me) "Imagine your worst day. The worst day you have had in your life. Each of you are picturing a day right now. That was a bad day. Now when someone asks me 'Are you having a bad day?' I say, 'I have seen a bad day. This isn't it.'" Wow, y'all. Just wow. I sat there and I imagined my worst day. It instantly popped in my head. And I thought there have been days when I was really stressed, when I was at my wits in and I called it a bad day. There have been days when work had me to the end of my rope. There have been days that have started so chaotic because a little boy took 10 minutes to put on one shoe. Was that a bad day? No. I have seen a bad day. That wasn't it.
When we are down, when we are at the end of our rope, when we are really throwing ourselves a pity party we hear people say "Well you know someone has it worst than you." or "Just be thankful you are not this person because they are going through this." And honestly if you are like me that literally goes in one ear and out the other. While I am so thankful and blessed with what I have in my life at that moment, in the middle of my Brittany pity party, that's the last thing I want to hear. But when it gets personal, when it comes down and makes me think about MY bad day that's when it is a little easier. Yes, I am throwing myself a pity party. Yes maybe I deserve it but you know what? THIS, this is not my bad day.
We've all gone through hard stuff. Everyone of us. Maybe it was a day. Maybe it was years, but we have gone through it. But the key words are "through it." We have gotten through it. We have gotten through things harder than this. WE have. YOU have. Not a neighbor or a friend of a friend. YOU have done it. Think about it. And the next time you are down, you are at the end of your rope, you have that look on your face that you could absolutely kill the next person that asks you "Are you having a bad day?" (and the only thing that is stopping you is that orange is not your color and you don't look good in stripes), STOP and tell yourself, "I have gotten through hard. I have seen a bad day. And this ain't it."
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