Thank YOU LORD! YOU make all things possible!
Grand Rising!
Next to Prayer, making up your mind is one of the most powerful things you can ever do for yourself. I know, you’re like “Girl what are you talking about?”
I was working as a member services rep at a contact center. I hated my job. Customer Service is one of the hardest jobs ever. It is so stressful trying to please people who demand top notch customer service but do everything possible to prevent you from providing it. (Shoutout to difficult customers and unreasonable, unrealistic upper management) But I digress….
I decided to go back to school and finish my Bachelors’ Degree. I had taken classes off and on for about 3-4 years and I figured that I had about 30 hours left. So, I set an appoint on campus to visit my advisor and get my degree audit pulled. Lo and behold, I found out that I only needed 13hrs to graduate with my degree. I was shocked. I immediately gave her my social security number and told her to run it again…. she must have made a mistake. But no, all that half ass being able going to school over the years had paid off.
I quickly registered for my 13hrs and applied for Fall graduation. So fast forward to the beginning of the semester. I printed out my schedule and the syllabus for each class and damn near passed out. The level of work and what they were asking me to accomplish was mind boggling. I remember walking over to one of the supervisors’ cubicles and showing him those syllabuses.
He read through them and looked me square in my eyes and said, “you can do it…..You just got to make up your mind.” I didn’t want to hear that shit at the time, so I walked back to my desk, with an attitude, I might add. I thought about what he said, how much I hated my job and how important it was for my kids to see me get my degree. But to be honest, it was important for me….to see me get it. I needed that win for myself. I needed to know that I could start and finish something worthwhile….for me. It was at that moment, that I made up my mind. So, what does that look like?
A lot of Prayer…..
I Love the LORD…..HE heard my cry…..
- At work writing my papers on one computer screen while taking calls and servicing accounts on the other
- Using my lunch and breaks to complete and turn in assignments
- Driving 40 miles one way to campus, when gas was damn near $4.00 a gallon, to take a 1hour lab class.
- Going to the library in the evenings after work and on the weekends because almost all of my classes were online and I was too broke to buy my own personal computer
- Crossing the stage during Fall graduation with my kids and my family being able to witness it happen
- The gift of a testimony and the knowledge of what happens when you Pray and Make Up Your Mind
I Love the LORD…..HE heard my cry…..
Best Regards, The Brown-Eyed Girl