I saw the sign.....kind of bile yellow.......hanging above my K-mart today. And I felt sick. For the man I talked to who was in his fifties and has never been laid off before but is now going to be unemployed. For the memories of how it feels to close a business. For the lives that will change. For the fact that I like to go to K-mart. Easier to navigate and get in and out. Hmmm. Probably why it's closing.
But, there's this deeper part of me too. A part that knows that change can bring really good things. Closing our business had pain attached, but now it is fine. Now, I get to see my kids every afternoon. I am there every day to pick them up. I like that.
Change will come again, too. I'm sure of it. It is the one thing that has been constant in my life.
I never welcome it at the moment, but it grows on me.
What changes are you facing? Are you looking forward to it? Are you dreading it? Does it seem like the worst news ever? Let me reassure you that every change comes with good and bad. Look for the good. Leave the bad. Or, at least don't focus on it.
My store is leaving. My son went to college. I became a grandma. I closed a business. And, strangely, life is good.
be blessed my friends,
you are loved.
rhonda
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