It shouldn’t surprise you
This is the view from my office this morning … snow. I drove in this white fluffy stuff on my .5km drive to the church and I walked through it in the parking lot. It’s cold, it’s wet and it if you live in Ontario it leaves a white stain on your pants and shoes.
My first reaction to this snow was “why?” . I was getting used to a winter of +10 degree Celsius weather. I was getting used to walking around without a coat and seeing everyone happy. I was actually enjoying winter weather.
Should I really be shocked that there is snow on the ground? Of course not … it’s January and we live in Calgary. I should have been wearing Sorel’s and long underwear for weeks now (it would be even cooler if I owned those red full body underwear with the trap door) Unfortunately I thought that the warm weather was here to stay. Shock and awe arrived in the form of snowflakes.
I think many of us have the same reaction when it comes to the consequences of our actions in life;
- I drink a 2 litre of Coke a day and I get diabetes … “Why”
- I ignore paying my cable bill and they cut my cable … “Why”
- I ignore my spouse for years and then one day she’s moved out … “Why”
I could make a list of examples a mile long. Unfortunately too often we’re shocked when we feel these consequences and most often, they come when you least expect it. We get used to the warm weather, the comfort of our situations and then the ball drops and we don’t know how to handle it.
It shouldn’t surprise you. It shouldn’t surprise me. Be prepared.
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