http://burdenofgreatness.com/2009/04/24/a-pearl-in-the-storm/ Understanding the restless spirit of driven women Wed, 16 May 2012 23:50:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://burdenofgreatness.com/2009/04/24/a-pearl-in-the-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-735 admin Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:14:20 +0000 http://burdenofgreatness.com/?p=83#comment-735 And then after we get through the storm, we finally know why we had to wait and learn those lessons. If we could only see our hindsight right now! Good luck with your new path. I wish you long overdue success. And then after we get through the storm, we finally know why we had to wait and learn those lessons. If we could only see our hindsight right now! Good luck with your new path. I wish you long overdue success.

]]> http://burdenofgreatness.com/2009/04/24/a-pearl-in-the-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-734 Lee Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:06:45 +0000 http://burdenofgreatness.com/?p=83#comment-734 Well, Marcia, you hit the nail on the head with your comment about hating the unpredictable and unknown! Are we control freaks or what?! I started a new business a few years ago (in addition to the ten thousand other things I do) but for various reasons something kept me from developing it, despite the initial time and financial investments. I pondered, I analysed, but couldn't figure out what was holding me back. I like the allusion to the boat, except in my case, I had willingly capsized, and was underwater for close to two years! Despite the well-meant advice of others to give up and let the boat sink, I stubbornly clung on to it (I must have had a big oxygen tank). A little voice told me things would work out. Just a month ago something came up that looks like it'll be the solution to my years of treading water (upside down), and I am indeed greatly relieved. Nevertheless I spent a lot of time and energy demanding the answer to come NOW, which of course it didn't, and missed out on the opportunity to enjoy the unknown, instead beating myself up for not having immediate answers to the problem at my (waterlogged) fingertips. Well, Marcia, you hit the nail on the head with your comment about hating the unpredictable and unknown! Are we control freaks or what?!
I started a new business a few years ago (in addition to the ten thousand other things I do) but for various reasons something kept me from developing it, despite the initial time and financial investments. I pondered, I analysed, but couldn’t figure out what was holding me back. I like the allusion to the boat, except in my case, I had willingly capsized, and was underwater for close to two years! Despite the well-meant advice of others to give up and let the boat sink, I stubbornly clung on to it (I must have had a big oxygen tank). A little voice told me things would work out.
Just a month ago something came up that looks like it’ll be the solution to my years of treading water (upside down), and I am indeed greatly relieved. Nevertheless I spent a lot of time and energy demanding the answer to come NOW, which of course it didn’t, and missed out on the opportunity to enjoy the unknown, instead beating myself up for not having immediate answers to the problem at my (waterlogged) fingertips.

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