Sometimes You Want To Throw In The Towel.........

Admit it, we all have those days where we just want to be done with whatever we are doing and go home to sit on the couch :(.  The past two days have been like this for me.  The kids were not happy to be going back to school on Monday while driving by all the other schools that were off due to the Easter Holiday.  I was tired from the lack of sleep I got over the weekend.  One of my dental assistants was out sick.  When I actually arrived at work on Monday, I found out that our x-ray machine and a couple of our computers were not working (apparently they took off for the Easter Holiday as well)!  On Tuesday, Tayvia developed swelling and pain in her neck (a chronic problem) and I had to leave work to go pick her up because she was in a great deal of pain.   And a couple of the subcontractors that are working on my office remodel project either didn't show up or didn't complete their portion of the job, therefor delaying everything else..........

I am not complaining, more just demonstrating my daily obstacles (like everyone else has).  The important factor that has taken me years to develop is my ability to stay calm through it all and never quit.  On Monday the easy solution would have been to just cancel the day.  But that's not the best solution for my patients, so I spent two hours figuring out how to fix the problem so I would get my patients the treatment they needed.  It's ok to fall, be tired, be discouraged, etc. as long as you always get back up.  You may feel broken, wounded, betrayed, ignored, but you ALWAYS need to get back up and keep moving forward.  And for me, if there is ever a day that I truly feel like quitting, I just take a look at my three beautiful children and know that quitting is never an option.  I need to practice what I preach, and I would never let them quit.