Seeing differently

Sometimes I have days that simply do not go to plan no matter the efforts I make to turn the day work to my advantage; it happened a week ago, not a bad day, just frustrating and things never fell into place as they could have.

I had a meeting with a lawyer; that's not something I say every day, and I didn't get the answers I was hoping for. Rather, I got the exact opposite of what I was hoping for and had to pay for the privilege which hurt my purse and my mood.

Later I had a specialist appointment and got some news I was hoping to avoid; nothing serious, at least that's what I try to tell myself, but it's problematic and triggered another round of appointments and another specialist appointment to come. It's at that point I wish the day came to an end.

From there I had planned to meet a friend for an afternoon coffee but she was held back at work, something to do with the end of the world I guess, and she messaged at the last minute that should wouldn't make it. I wasn't pleased so decided to go home but on the way managed to get followed by a creepy man who clearly was up to no good and I felt terribly uncomfortable. I ended up ducking into a group of shops and waited there for a while browsing hoping he would not come in or wait for me to walk back out. Fortunately I managed to shake the creep off and make my way home and once there flopped down on the lounge feeling drained and defeated.

Much later that night after I had soaked in a very long bubble bath, had something to eat and was relaxing on the lounge I thought about my day and tried to put it into perspective, find a positive, but struggled until I recalled waiting for the meeting with the lawyer.

It was one of those very tall buildings that tower over the city streets and has large windows all around the waiting area which gave a really splendid view over the city, the parklands beyond and out to the gulf where I could see the ocean and tiny dots that were boats coming and going. At the time I was preoccupied with the impending meeting but later recalled how beautiful the view really was and I decided that was just the thing to give me the perspective I needed, something positive to take out of the day.

Sometimes it's difficult to see past the problems and hassles we have and it's easy to give in to the negative feelings they bring but a very slight shift of perspective and the view it brings, the way we think and feel, can change so dramatically and salvage something from a less than positive day.