……EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE>>>>>
I don’t normally consider myself to have an occupation, instead I think of my work as I place I go to everyday, do a pattern of often similar tasks and get paid for at the end . That way it sounds so much more simpler and I don’t have to think of myself too highly or feel like I’m carrying the weight of the world on my shoulder .I mean, I’m not indispensable. Not to say I don’t take pride in my work, But it’s not brain surgery either. Plus it’s sometimes not as pleasurable as one would imagine it to be. Still it’s the kind of pain that you can smile through and find something to laugh about… most of the times, anyway. Yet today was one of those days when I felt like I earn my pay. It is not a favour bestowed upon me by my employer or a gift certificate in appreciation for my services, (as some would think)…..It is earned! And how do I know this? because I felt every earning MOMENT….
Today the scene was a tumultuous one. My work mates, crew….our clients-the passengers-
, the facilities of our office- the plane-, were all reading from different
scripts.
The result, an amazing firework display of arguments and
misunderstandings.
The conclusion…Growth!
We seldom see ourselves mutate….or even mature from one state to another, simply because these instances are often the result of a series of occurrences and events, the reactions thereof, and a whole combination of other things. You don’t take blue band now and grow taller five minutes later as the adverts would suggest…yet there are clear instances where that shooting star is visible to any eye staring at the sky at the right moment. That occasion when you hear the child audibly say that 1st word emerging from their mouths….that rare chance where you can almost physically see yourself growing up.
The conclusion…Growth!
We seldom see ourselves mutate….or even mature from one state to another, simply because these instances are often the result of a series of occurrences and events, the reactions thereof, and a whole combination of other things. You don’t take blue band now and grow taller five minutes later as the adverts would suggest…yet there are clear instances where that shooting star is visible to any eye staring at the sky at the right moment. That occasion when you hear the child audibly say that 1st word emerging from their mouths….that rare chance where you can almost physically see yourself growing up.
I’ll give you a bit of insight as to how it looks; it’s a bit like the picture I painted above. A day you would rather not replay in your head when your emotions were sent spinning and you had to hold yourself not to say something you would regret, or perhaps it’s the day when you finally spoke up and said something you should have gotten the guts to say a long time ago and never quite did. May be it’s the day you threw caution to the wind and dared to do what you knew you were scared of but wouldn’t forgive yourself if you didn’t try. It’s when you stared in to the crowd and felt self-conscious, undeserving, afraid and anxious but you still sang your heart out anyway. It’s that time when you made a mess of your life stood up and told yourself…’never again’. It’s the day when His revelation dawned upon you and all the Christian jibber jabber made sense by a selfless act of Love. It’s the day when things fell apart and you saw your life fragment to pieces, things would never be the same again, but you waged forward still…those are the instances that mark a turning point in our lives…those are the days that mark Evolution.
To realise this takes
what my colleague calls ‘Emotional Intelligence’. It takes a big bag of it to
realise that you are metamorphosing through the trying moment s into something
beautiful. The very thing that attracts your eyes has often gone through
rigorous training, failures, changes and adjustments, only looking at it; you
would never quite know it. We are the generation best known for instant coffee
and fast foods, band aids and quick fixes. And with such an attitude it’s no
wonder our very characters are bound to mirror such. We are eating genetically
modified food appealing to the eye, momentarily satisfying to the tummy but
dangerous to the heart.
Unlike food you cannot speed up the maturing process for a human. Even animals follow the pace…you are not a chick today and a hen tomorrow. If you’re lucky, you might get to see the chick hatching from it’s shell, however, this doesn’t mean it wasn’t going through changes even when it was inside.
So despite our impatience it’s good to know there are still some things that we cannot change and yet age is not the only factor to facilitate these changes. We are not God; He sets the times and the dates. It helps to know there are clear instances where you can see the process at work but most of the time we are oblivious of HIS workmanship in a situation. Find comfort in knowing that even when it’s not as obvious He is still at work, and though you might now always see the worm come from its cocoon and turn into a butterfly, you will one day take to flight and see your beauty spread in the blue sky…….
They sayأ Rome wasn't built in a day ..were you to see it, I
suppose you would appreciate why……………………..
