18 Years is a Lifetime
I think that all each of us ever desires is for someone to "know" us and for us to sense and feel that knowing. Perhaps we confuse people by not always being ourselves or perhaps sometimes we, ourselves, are not sure who we are. But when we get a glimpse of ourselves in a quiet unadulterated moment, we feel so completely whole whether someone else knows us or not. With every significant encounter we meet a new lesson and whether we learn from it, determines whether it becomes a part of our self that we know. We learn acceptance, hope, desire, patience love and committment. Those are lessons that create ourselves.
Yesterday was my last day at my job. I have worked as the Abilitations catalog director and then marketing manager for 18 years and 10 months, but who's counting? I always thought it would be so easy to walk away from my job. Boy was I wrong! Abilitatons was my baby and I had put my heart and soul into it. My decision to leave was complex, but one that I think is for the best. My last couple weeks were mournful as I realized I would be leaving behind a piece of myself, an amazing team of friends (who I honestly believe knew my better than my own family and community) and my association with a brand I had built from scratch. I was lavished with gifts, tears and letters from my co-workers. I honestly had no idea that I had impacted them to such a degree. It is funny how we don't realize how special something is or someone is until they are gone. These people taught me so much about myself and well, about life. They think I guided them, but the truth is...they guided me. I will miss working with them dearly. They have no idea.
Well, now I am onto another challenge. I am excited! I will be working for Fun and Function. I am thrilled, nervous, excited, scared. I pray and hope that this next leg of my journey will be as meaningful if not more, that I will make a positive impact on everyone I work with and on every customer, and that only good will come from this awesome transition.
Yesterday was my last day at my job. I have worked as the Abilitations catalog director and then marketing manager for 18 years and 10 months, but who's counting? I always thought it would be so easy to walk away from my job. Boy was I wrong! Abilitatons was my baby and I had put my heart and soul into it. My decision to leave was complex, but one that I think is for the best. My last couple weeks were mournful as I realized I would be leaving behind a piece of myself, an amazing team of friends (who I honestly believe knew my better than my own family and community) and my association with a brand I had built from scratch. I was lavished with gifts, tears and letters from my co-workers. I honestly had no idea that I had impacted them to such a degree. It is funny how we don't realize how special something is or someone is until they are gone. These people taught me so much about myself and well, about life. They think I guided them, but the truth is...they guided me. I will miss working with them dearly. They have no idea.
Well, now I am onto another challenge. I am excited! I will be working for Fun and Function. I am thrilled, nervous, excited, scared. I pray and hope that this next leg of my journey will be as meaningful if not more, that I will make a positive impact on everyone I work with and on every customer, and that only good will come from this awesome transition.
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