%%Willie Ray%%'s Live Journal for his website, Renovation, Rejuvenation and What Counts

A Place Called Serenity
Today I worked an 11 to 9 shift at the store. Usually I don't work past 6, but one of the key people needed me to cover for him while he journeyed to Big City to go to a basketball game.

The minute I arrived at work today there was instantly pressure for me to go to the back and write a quick milk order. That's a hard thing for me to do because I have to be careful not to order too little as management does not want our store to run out of product during the holidays, especially if any of that product is on our ad. In the same vein I can't order too much product because as you know dairy products have a tendancy to spoil after a while.

I did my best to hurry the order along but then the warehouse manager needed to go to lunch, and I had to take over for him. And later a truck of 7 pallets of milk arrived and I had to help the milk driver make room for it in the cooler.

Despite all of this I still managed to keep my cool and not get all stressed out. I kept telling myself to breath deeply and relax. My aim was to remain serene and peaceful no matter what, and I even went so far as to say part of the Serenity Prayer.

I kept chanting, "God grant me serenity" over and over. It seemed to do the trick and even though I took longer than the manager wanted I still managed to finish the order before my own specific deadline.

Since I have high blood pressure, so much so that I daily have to take pills for it, Serenity is a place I should be traveling to on a moment to moment basis.

And today it felt really good to be in control of my nerves.

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: "Take It Easy" by the Eagles