WHEN THINGS DON'T GO SO WELL
I had the chance to get away for a few days this week and I took it. My plan was to try to organize and prioritize some of the things that are currently “on my plate”. I used an MS Office Program called One Note, I have it on my iPad which is what I use for a computer when I travel. I spent a day and a half putting together about 40 pages of “my life”. It was great, I came home and all I had to do was take the saved document and transfer it via “the cloud” (an internet based storage application – actually called Sky Drive for Microsoft users) on to my desktop computer at work and I could make a few enhancements that are not available on the iPad app. The make a long story short – I lost the file. It’s gone – even St Anthony (the Catholic patron saint of lost things) cannot find it.
I have tried to recreate what I had written, I figured I could even improve on it some, but right now I am so frustrated, I cannot begin to think about what I had written. I am not mad, just frustrated. I am no amateur with the computer and I have been using the iPad and migrating files to/from my desktop for years. I do not normally us the cloud; I really have never trusted it. The file was saved; I looked at it for a couple minutes before I attempted the transfer. I am not blaming anyone or anything, but this baby is outta here!
My next move was to calm down and to pray. Pray that I would not “lose it” any further (either any files, or my temper), and that if possible, I would really like to find that file. If that was not going to happen, I prayed that when I calm down, and start to recreate the file, that I would make the improvements on it I was hoping to. I also prayed that maybe I could find a way to use this situation to be better and to help others do the same (handle frustrating situations that is).
I really do feel better after I prayed, the file is still missing, but I will make it better when I start all over again. As for helping others, well that is the point of this letter – to encourage you to pray to God about your frustrations. Even if He does not help you find your file, He will always help you to find peace.
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