What I am about to
share with you was a situation I was in that was hard for me. At first glance it may seem like a bit of
overacting on my part. Yet as you read
this see the importance of finding your personal lion...
I needed a school book
for my next class. I was not able to get
my book, because the school needed a financial aid document that I was supposed
to have provided a while back. When asked if I had the required document my
response was no. Then her response was I
can’t give you the book until you have the document. Right then and there everything was fine…Then
the situation turned south. You see
there was another person in the room with us.
She proceeded to sarcastically express to me that I might as well blow
school off because I dropped the ball in not getting all the needed information
in. To be honest it was probably not how
she meant it, but that is how I took it.
Did you know life would be better sometimes if we did not let our
emotions rule us? In this moment that is
exactly what was happening with me. I
was feeling guilty because I knew I had not done my part. I was a little stressed because I needed the
book for my class. To top it off I was
sensitive to the fact I thought she was being mean to mean. My feelers were hurt. I walked out of the room feeling
ashamed. Then something amazing started
to happen inside of me. As I walked
closer to my classroom I felt a bold determination in my step. I sat down at the computer with phone in hand
and started the process of getting the required documents. It was so easy to obtain I chastised myself
for not doing it sooner. At the same
time a whisper turning into to a roaring told me that I needed to go back to
the ladies and tell them how I felt. I stood
up on shaky legs and headed back to the office.
I knocked then entered the room, and in a quiet but firm voice I explained
to them how I felt when I had left the room.
I acknowledged my wrongdoings and told them how hard it was for me to
come forward and talk to them. They both
looked at me and smiled saying that they were sorry for what was said. The one who had said it had a little bit of
fire in her eyes, but she understood where I was coming from and said sorry. I feel
this was a big step for me. I normally
would not have said something and moved on, but sometimes God prompts us to
stand up for ourselves. He awakens the
inner lion in us to help us. The key to
remember is to stand up for you or for someone else with grace and
dignity. Do it in such a manner that
brings respect and honor to all parties involved. Just my 2cents~Missie
