She didn’t hear the crack but knew that something was not right.On her way to score her second goal in the first half of the soccer game, she broke her arm.Plans to try out for the travel soccer team, a week of horse camp, a summer of swimming all vanished with one fall.
Yet, her attitude has been amazing.She wowed the doctors in the operating room with her questions and confident calm; she decided to give some of her money originally saved for horse campto a non-kill animal shelter down the road; she is anxiously awaiting the day when she can again write and draw and continue working on the story that she wants published. In the meantime, she has picked up a few different books to read including Oliver Twist and Little Women. She is 12.
No anger. No frustration, and really no realization of how challenging having a cast on during the summer can be. She is not hitting the steering wheel with her head because of the detour sign up ahead.She is enjoying the NEW view along the way.
What detours have you recently encountered?
A loss of a job, or a relationship?
An illness or injury?
A drop in sales or team volume?
On the positive, a detour may include a new promotion, a new move, a new child,or an incredible relationship.
Remember that your recent detour is not a dead end but a chance for you to do something different.
Detours are opportunities for new jobs, new adventures, new relationships.Having a newly diagnosed injury or illness can be terrifying but how can you use it to touch someone else’s life or to open up a door once closed?
Your expectations during any detour will determine your enjoyment, or lack of it, and the outcome every time.
