The last few weeks have been...well, a drag! It's probably because I'm so inwardly focused that all I can think about is my own problems and fulfilling my responsibilities. Anyhow! Today I was especially tired. Foolish as I am, I stayed up late. When the alarm went off at six I moaned and crawled out of bed. All morning I struggled to stay awake as I studied. Coffee finally kicked in right before I left for work.
An unexpected call at work totally made my day. I glanced at the clock, noticing that it was almost time for me to go home. The phone rang so I answered it with the standard, "Precision, this is Allison." It was silent for a split second before a man on the other end said, "What the heck?!" The non-standard statement for a business call snapped me out of my day dreaming mode. Not knowing exactly how to respond, I was silent. The man continued, "I know Chris, Eric and Heiko well; but who's Allison? Is there really a female working in the office?!" I laughed and replied, "Yeah! The first ever. I'm a special exception, seeing that I'm Chris' sister." "Oh, I'm sorry about that." My defensive sisterly instinct kicked in as I exclaimed, "Well, I'm not!" He asked me what I did and how long I had been working there, if I liked it, etc. We must have talked for ten minutes before I even thought to ask who I was talking to! The guy obviously loved life and even in the midst of a day that seemed to drag on, he made me love life too.
The Lord used a simple incident like that to convict me of my selfishness. So what if today was a hard day to get through? So what if the last year has been full of decisions, emotional roller coasters and "growing pains"? What kind of a witness is it to walk around depressed, tired and on the brink of tears all of the time? Some guy at Home Depot totally made my day by just being jovial and friendly. As I was thinking all this through, it occurred to me that a lot of people who have had an impact in my life have been like Tracy. My mom, Chris, Mrs. Dickson, Chris at work...it's weird. Just by being focused on others, they have a joy and a love that is contagious. Who doesn't love my mom simply because she says what is on her mind, is confident, loves life, and cares little what others think about her? My bro has a personality that makes me smile from ear to ear the majority of the time that I'm at work. Listening to him interact with people and joke around with customers that he has relationships with is incredible. Mrs. Dickson, the mother of ten is always, "Moving right along." She cares about how you're doing and would give her right arm for you. Chris at work, is rather not himself at work anymore! Just because he's been extremely busy. But away from work he's striking up conversations in waiting rooms with random people, giving my mom a hard time, banging on our piano...people like that just make me smile.
Well, it's 11:20pm, and I still have a little three page essay to write that's due tomorrow night. Tomorrow my eyes are guna be so dark and my skin so pail that I'll look like a raccoon. Praise the Lord for makeup!
Luv ya'll!
Alzer
3 comments:
I haven't heard from you in such a long time that I almost forgot you were here. No More! Thanks for talking so sweet about my Mom.
Ash - I know! I haven't written on here very consistently since I started working. :) Plus, you guys are busy. Let's keep in touch though, k?
Larz - Yup, it's pretty amazing how God can use "little" situations like that to draw us closer to Him!
Yes it is amazing; my attitude always improves when I hear Tracy’s voice. He’s a hoot! Well at least most of the time; our last conversation went towards discussing who we hire and why we hire them. Then he went on saying how he felt religion was stupid and that as long as he lives a good life and has fun God is going to except him. He couldn’t comprehend why God wouldn’t. He said Christians have tried telling him that anyone that doesn’t except God will go to hell. That’s turned him off, he doesn’t believe God can send anyone who lived a good life to hell. He thinks that’s reserved for evil people (murderers and the likes). It was kind of a depressing conversation.
O, I forgot to send that email so I’ll get to that next.
Later,
EMH
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