Night Shift

Goodmorning Everyone!..

Thanks @Former-Member .......

Amidst all the chaos I do feel blessed ...... I did have to learn to work with "what is" though, and try not to control all the outcomes too much. My faith is certainly my guiding light.

My D3 put it very nicely with this quote :

She is great at finding quotes ......

@Angels333 I did a similar thing this week. Didn't make my class, couldn't even ring to let them know. Don't worry about it now it's in the past. You just need to look after you for now. I'm not always sure what that means but I think at the least it means don't beat yourself up on this and try to find something to take the edge off this morning. I'm trying to do the same thing. Wishing you the best for a calm day😊💜

PS. I am the only student in that class so the teacher would have turned up for nothing. I felt bad but was just trying to survive at the time

Glad you posted about it @Angels333.

What I have found is that "doors close, but windows open" all the time ...... and sometimes it's not just about you, or even about you at all ......

There may have been students in that class feeling anxious themselves because they had a clash of commitments that they couldn't resolve. Cancelling the class would have resolved that issue for them, quite unexpectedly, and brought them relief .....

Someone else may need to face the frustration they feel if they like to control everything, and have to learn to be more flexible about changing circumstances .....

Like you, omeone else in the class might be struggling with guilt every time they have to change their plans when it affects other people involved, and seeing you do it helps them to understand that it is, in fact, a normal part of life that affects all of us at some point.

I see it as you prioritising your health, and I am sure there is not one student in that class who would hesitate if they knew it supported your welfare according to your current needs.

Jjust make the changes you need to, when you need to, light a candle or something, and wish everybody well who might have been inconvenienced by your choice. That way you are sending out a blessing with the "plot twist" (see the image above) 😊

I have a special needs daughter @Angels333. I really appreciate the work you do, but perhaps parents of special needs children are front-runners in understanding that we need to look after our own energy needs as carers, and teachers are often parents as well as carers.

Only so much energy can fit into each day. Anxiety stress is unwell in the same sort of integrity that a cold is unwell, or a stomach upset is unwell, and if we don't take the right measures to nurse ourselves, the unwell will last much longer, or pass on to others ..... I cancel things if I am too stressed to manage, or running too low on energy.

@Former-Member 🐚

Found you a shell motive 😊