Priorities

[rebeccaC]

Yeah I would think leaving eleven years of routine could be a change not wanted. If you do have to move to the new offices, a new routine, new roads to ride, new places for errands etc. will eventually be your new normal though. Stay positive. Having good people to work with has to help in thinking about the move! Hopefully managers do take the consequences of a move into consideration. Wouldn’t a longer commute and dealing with rush hour traffic give you a good argument FOR flexible hours?

But then…..I’ve been reading Pema Chodron tonight :
“We are like children building a sand castle. We embellish it with beautiful shells, bits of driftwood, and pieces of colored glass. The castle is ours. Yet despite all our attachment, we know that the tide will inevitably come in and sweep the sand castle away. The trick is to enjoy it fully but without clinging, and when the time comes, let it dissolve back into the sea.

When we resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can completely let go and not struggle against it, when we can embrace the groundlessness of our situation and relax into its dynamic quality, that’s called enlightenment"