Getting Perspective

I'll start of by saying that the end of last week and most of this week were filled with some incredibly challenging experiences. It doesn't happen very often but I was admittedly in a serious funk. I'm normally a very positive person, I love to smile. I am notorious for my giggle fits, and for finding humor in just about everything. I am seriously easily amused! I digress, but I guess the point I'm trying to make is that being down in the dumps is not the perspective with which normally I asses the world.

You might be expecting me to sulk or drag on about what had me in funk. However, I fear I must disappoint you. For one, I refuse to play the role of Eyore! (I'd be Tigger If I had to choose anyways) Also, the why of my blaahs is truly irrelevant to the reason why I am writing this post. I want to hone in on how as a result of my funk, I began to loose my positivity, to loose sight of just how good I really have it. I think it's fair to say to that every so often we all get caught up in stress, in problems, or just let ourselves be overwhelmed by a difficult situation. In short, we loose perspective. During this past week and half that was definately the case for me.

It's funny though how things have a funny way of working out. I was given a reality check twice during those crappy days. It was after a Grey's Anatomy Podcast recording and Cliff of GSPN got me to call, and I did a post show chat with him and Steph. Filling him on my newest adventure, my move to NYC.





Shortly after he released that episode, and I had begun my little funkified state, I randomly got a tweet.
From someone whom I don't interact with on a daily basis. It was a pleasant surprise, and actually, it was what made me actually be a little social on the interwebs that day.





It made me smile, and it actually made me tweet. I responded to Anne. There was no way I could not acknowledge her. She had cheered up me and probably had to idea. She had no idea what I was thinking or feeling, but for some reason or another she felt compelled to be excited for something that means the world to me, my move to New York.






While that fact alone blew me away. I wasn't prepared for her response. There it was. I'm not only a lucky, but a very lucky girl! Anne was right. I have so many great things in my life currently, and so many amazing things to come in my future. Why was I letting negativity get the best of me?? Of course, moving on and recentering is much easier said than done.



Let's fast forward to Wednesday of this week. Some of the other circumstances that had been plaguing me were still lurking, but that afternoon I had to make an easy, yet difficult decision. I was going to be responsible for changes in lives. The consequences of that decision would carry on for years. This was daunting. I hopped on the train heading home. My mind was racing, evaluating every single detail of what had just transpired. I put in my earbuds listening Kanye's new album, trying to clear my head, or at least have the music be louder than my thoughts. Suddenly, the music stopped. I had a call from a friend I hadn't spoken to in a little while. She's a journalist, she writes for the Miami Herald, and there really isn't much she hasn't seen, or much that gets to her. She sounded super excited. She asked me if I was close to downtown. I said yes, and told her where I was. Her immediate response: "Meet me at the Hard Rock Hotel in 15 minutes. I'm gonna sneak you in to a meet and greet/press conference. We're gonna meet Tim Tebow!"

Now, if you know anything about me. You know I am a proud UF Alumna, and a HUGE Gator fan. I have the hugest "crush" on Timmy Tebow. He's an amazing quarterback, and a really nice and humble guy. He was incredibly nice and sweet, even while I was a complete bumbling idiot meeting him! My crappy day had been totally redeemed. I was so giddy and in such a good mood. I pinged that I got to meet him and the responses I got ran the gamut. But by far, the best one was from my old friend Kristy, on Facebook.


There it was again, and so I wouldn't miss it, Kristy hit the all caps. I AM A LUCKY WOMAN! :) There was nothing else to do but to Thank Kristy for reminding me, and for giving me perspective. The perspective I needed at that very moment. Honestly, life is too short. We all go through our ups and downs. That's life. We cannot control the circumstances or the situations we may have to face, but we can control our outlook. That in itself is pretty empowering. I learned a lot these past two weeks. For one, to appreciate even more the serendipity of online interaction, reconnecting with an old friend, and above all, that I AM a lucky girl. A very lucky girl.