I often wonder how people work at the same company doing the same job for umpteen years. They stay in the same pot doing the same ole same ole through the good and bad, through thick and thin, and even through sick and sin. These same people are the ones who do their job everyday with little if any complaint. They rarely miss a day. People like this never stir the pot. They stay where they are and may even have savings in the bank. Excitement rarely finds them, and it matters little if they can not pay their bills today, because by tomorrow they can. They plod along doing the best they can. They are faithful and dedicated. They hate change. They are the ones who are celebrated for achieving long tenures of service.
Then there are others that after a very short time in the grand scheme of things gets the urge to stir the pot. These folks are always looking for something better. They have no patience for when things naturally slow down. They don’t roll with the punches. They get pi$$ed off over imagined slights and instead of stay where they are and ride out the storm they are always looking for more money, more opportunities, and a better lifestyle. It is always someone else’s fault for their woes, and instead of speaking up and stirring the pot in a productive way to bring about change…they stir the pot, shake up the mix, and move on to somewhere where the grass appears greener, but once there after a year or so they realize it is time to stir the pot once again. What once looked like the ultimate suddenly becomes pi$$ poor and they move on again. Eventually time runs out and the retirement years are upon them and they are screwed.
Where simmering in one place for years on end brings rewards in the long run, stirring the pot and bringing about change continually may keep those long term goals forever out of reach. It also can bring regret. Some people like chaos, and some thrive on constant change. Some continue to plod away doing the very best they can only stirring that crazy pot enough to keep the contents from burning to the bottom. Nothing in life is perfect. No matter how often you stir the pot, there is always the chance that whatever you keep stirring will back fire and turn to $hit regardless. Of course, there is the off chance that with patience and endurance the soup that is your life will turn out to be better than you ever imagined. When all else fails, all you can do is turn the burner off, take a deep breath and get out of the frying pan, pray for guidance, and wait for answers to come until next time when I give you another glimpse into the life of a trucker’s wife.
When I saw the Writer’s Post picture prompt for this week’s blog hop the first thing that sprang to my mind was Maria’s famous quote from the award winning movie “Sound of Music”.
Maria said “Whenever the L0rd closes a door, somewhere He opens a window.” What that means to me is that a person is never completely out of opportunities. There is always a direction to go. When I became pregnant over 11 years ago with my daughter, the door was closed on my professional life as the acquisition’s clerk of the local library. The window to being a full time Mommy was wide open just waiting for me. I rushed through it at full speed and have been there ever since.
In 2009, I was beginning to wonder if all I could expect from life was the never ending wiping a$$es, noses, and mountains of laundry that seemed never ending. I knew eventually my kids would grow up and with my husband on the road more than not I would be left entirely to my own devices. At the time, I had a talk with G0d. The very next day a company called me up encouraging me to write on a website they set up for money. After agonizing endlessly about whether I could even write, I decided to grab the bull by the balls and go for the brass ring. I invested a couple hundred bucks and began to write. They taught me the ins and outs, and I made money. Once I was well established, the company folded and my first website was no more. The door slammed shut, but all was not lost.
The window was wide open to design my own blogger website which I did and The Giggling Trucker’s Wife was born. This time around, the site literally dripped my personality all over it. Opportunity knocked and I went for it. I continued to write. I am glad I did, because it has become a very important facet of my life. I can’t imagine what I would do with myself if I didn’t write. The continued success of this website proves to me I am right where I need to be, doing just what I was meant to do. I honestly love it. It gives me an outlet to express the creativity that has always been bubbling just under the surface my whole life. It is fulfilling.
Sometimes we agonize over things that come along in life. It is said that everything in life happens exactly when it is supposed to and for a reason. I believe that with every fiber of my being. Opportunities come along in life exactly when they are supposed to. Fate takes its course, and when opportunity knocks we should sit up, take notice, and listen until next time when I give you another glimpse into the life of a trucker’s wife.
