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10 Minutes
10 minutes. The clock shows that the time is 2:50pm. 10 minutes. 10 minutes to prepare myself for the phone interview. It doesn’t feel like a lot of time, but as I sit there waiting and reflecting I can’t sit still. I move about the house looking to fill the time, even though I know I should be just reflecting on the job I applied for and the phone interview which will start in 10 minutes. I have been feeling so lost and a complete mess. So I took some time to focus on you during this 10 minutes. I close my eyes and begin to pray. I ask you…
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Finishing Strong
I lace up my tennis shoes and head out the door to my first running training course with my good friend Mary. Mary and I had decided that we both wanted to run to help us get more fit, but neither one of us were runners. I had wanted to run a 5k for a while, but lacked the motivation to get off of the couch. I knew that the course would help me to train and keep me accountable toward working to my goal of running a 5k. The training program began pretty simple. Walk for 9 minutes and run for 1 minute, repeating this two more times for…
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Rejected
I check my phone hopeful that there is a message waiting for me. Nope, not yet. I try to get back to work, but am distracted by what has been weighing on my heart, the hope of a job offer. I open up my main program at work and work on the next request in my queue. I know that I am not doing my best work, but I try to determine what the customer has requested and translate it into what I am working on. No luck. I eagerly check my phone again. Still nothing yet. I get back to work and start a new task which I think…