Author: bugsbrightside

The world has a lot of negative stuff in it.  Sometimes it is easy to get run down.

Today I was out in the rain, doing my job and getting drenched.  It is a job hazard . . whatever.  I keep an extra jacket in my car for days like today.  But it’s never particularly enjoyable.

At a foreclosed home I noticed a white powder all over the floor in three rooms.  Then I saw the empty yard poison container in the last room.  Of course as I walked, I stirred up the white powder and was breathing in poison.  Sadly, this is not the first time I’ve been poisoned in my job.

Heading back to my office I received an email from a person who was suggesting illegal work related things.  Yesterday I had copied his comments and they were read by others.  He was not happy and tried to bully me in to taking the blame for his stupidity.

And well . . the day just kind of went down from there.  I was publicly judged for not caring about people the way that they demand that I should . . I’ve never been much for doing things other people’s way and casting stones my way certainly won’t change that.  And I had to watch people I care about be hurt.

By the time I arrived back home tonight I was ready for a drink.  I’m out of everything except 100 proof . . and well, that didn’t seem to be an answer.

Instead, I got hugs from my babies.  I told them that I love them.  They told me that they love me.  And somehow the world seemed a little brighter.

Tonight I am saying prayers for the person with the hatred to poison others that they’ve never met.  I am saying prayers for wisdom and courage to stand up for what is right.  I am praying for those that are so lost that they believe that I am to blame for their lot in life; or that I am somehow the answer that could save them.  I am praying for those who are hurt tonight.

Tonight I am thankful that on the days that life seems grey and dark; there is always a light . . or a silver lining, if you will.  Today wasn’t the best.  But it wasn’t the worst either; because at the end of the day I came home to those whom I love and who love me.  And although the events of the day could leave me feeling powerless in life; I am reminded that I always have the power to pray.  I always have the power to believe the best.  And I always have the power to control the perspective from which I see the day.