I'm Technically Speaking

I have a confession.... I let the muck and yuck of things around me get me stuck in negativity. I'm talking stuck. Stuck to where all you see is negative and that affects how you are seen by others...as being negative. Whether justified (as there have been a lot of negativity, changes, etc.) or not...I realized (by an attitude check) that I let it all begin to change my behavior. During this "awakening", a colleague shared this... "Beneath every behavior there is a feeling. And beneath each feeling is a need. And when we meet that need rather than focus on the behavior, we begin to deal with the cause, not the symptom." There were definitely causes behind why I felt like I did and that lead to the behavior I was displaying (some realizing and some not realizing how much it was being displayed). Ultimately, I don't want to be seen or known as a negative person. I don't want people to think I'm grumpy. And friends...that was what was starti

Day 30 of 30 days of blogging. I'm just going to be honest...it has already been a little of a rough Monday. I will not going into too many details. But I found this on my Facebook page -- I put a lot of fear into what can go wrong. That worse case scenario is always playing in my mind. This morning I am trying to choose Peace. So I will leave you with the song that is my encouragement. I believe that God has "got this"...and every situation I face.

29 of 30 days of blogging! Go Chiefs! Go, Chiefs!

Day 28 of 30 days of blogging. Just a few days left of the 30 day challenge! This has been so good for me, but I think at the end I will take a little break. There is so much going on and decisions being made over the next couple weeks at work! It is overwhelming. It feels like one decision causes a domino effect of many other changes. And one of those dominos is me! Depending on the direction of the domino "hit" it can change the trajectory of the final peice to fall.