... hard times, difficulty, misfortune. have you been to adversity lately?
we all experience adversity all the time. nobody could escape from experiencing this so-called happiness wrecker even if we try to avoid it... even if everything seems to be perfect...
at work...
this is where i experience difficulty most of the time. dealing with officemates sometimes could be so exhausting especially if they are uncooperative, impatient and talks as if they knew everything. dealing with your boss could even result to a more tiring situation because you just have to perfect everything you do to please him... otherwise, you know what will happen next. telephone calls, fax messages, unending requests, meetings - daily routine which has become part of your system already. it's good that i don't smoke coz i easily get tensed and nervous everytime i have to deal with a particular work that requires full attention on an urgent basis. i hate deadlines. i hate deadlines. i hate deadlines. however, the weird thing about me is that i find it more rewarding if i have tons and tons of work. why? of course, this is the only way you could get an acknowledgement, incentive or even a promotion! but nah... it will always depend on which type of boss you have and the company you're working with... i may say that i love working with my boss (though he could really be bossy sometimes) and i love the company i'm working with (GE - Imagination at Work... yeah right!)... so what's the problem honey? hhmmm... though i'm perfectly well compensated, sometimes it's the pressure i just couldn't handle... but it made me tough. yeah... good choice of words. it made me tough.
on family matters...
we shouldn't be experiencing adversity if it already involves the word "family" but ironic enough, sometimes, this is where hardship starts... misunderstanding, financial problem, relatives-related problem... these are just a few factor which ignites the so-called adversity within the family. it seems these problems will go on forever... but i'm glad that in our family, though there's always a problem, we never fail to fight for each other (though we also fight to each other... hehehe...). that's one good thing with adversity, it keeps the family strong, bonded and loved.
on friends and lovingly loved ones...
friends will always be friends... it's the relationship we have with a certain person that results us from experiencing adversity. expect that there will always be hard times in a relationship... but, if it's bounded by trust, respect and love, i think anxiety will be less and problems will easily be solved. you love them right? so, just think of the love you have for them and everything will be alright... (whoa?! sounds nice but hard to do...)
... actually, my stand on these whole adversity thing is that there are reasons why things don't happen the way we expect it to happen. problems come but it always go... we could either be strong in the beginning but eventually becomes soft and weak as we deal with our hardships or we could be fragile at the same time but may become hard and bitter in the end. otherwise, we could also choose to accept these adversities wholeheartedly and try to respond in a way that could change us and become a better person... or these could also be just a certain transition, a change that we just have to positively welcome in our lives.
all things happen for a reason...