10 year challenge
Wow I just wrote an entire blog post that got deleted * facepalm*
LJ just sent me an email about some of my blogs from 10 years ago.
Saying “I’ve been waiting 10 years” just used to be an exaggerated phrase but not anymore!!
10 years ago feels like yesterday.
I’ve been practising nursing for 10 years.
I’ve been adulting for 10 years.
I’ve been hustling to pay bills for 10 years..
Yet it all still feels like something I’ve just gotten used to.
10 years ago I wrote a blog about being provided opportunities when we ask for something finite.
When we ask to be loved, we are given the opportunity to love.
When we ask to find answers, we are given opportunities to explore our surroundings and gain experiences that provide us with answers.
When we ask for maturity, we are given life experiences that make us take a step back and allow us to grow.
When we ask for money, we are given opportunities to find jobs or means to generate money.
The wish to have something finite is provided by infinite opportunities to seek them.
10 years ago I asked to answer questions in an NCLEX exam and quickly rephrased it to the opportunity to have knowledge to be able to answer this test.
10 years ago I sought for the opportunity to have knowledge and I’m still in the process of finding it - the opportunity to discover things/places/people I would never imagined discovering/seeing/meeting.
10 years forward and I’m still celebrating the opportunity to know.
I’ve gotten used to advising junior colleagues, siblings, people I encounter, about similar experiences that I have learned from and continue to learn from. It has come so naturally to analyse situations and to give logical reasoning to illogical/emotional decisions.
I’ve learned everyone can be right from different perspectives.
I’ve learned to appreciate what I have and to live within my means.
I’ve learned to accept that failure is not a dead end but a way to a different direction.
I’ve learned not to judge and to accept opinions different from mine.
I’m still learning the art of giving respect even if respect isn’t reciprocated.
I’m still learning the importance of progress - the value of sharing it but not neglecting yourself in the process
I’m still learning not to compare my success with others
I’m still learning.
10 years is a speck in the grand scheme of things and I still look forward to what I will learn in the next 10.