Today was a bad day.  I have been told to always keep social “networking” on a positive note but today just wasn’t a good day.  And hey, I appreciate an honest, humble person much more than someone faking to be happy ALL THE TIME.  Really, who is happy ALL THE TIME?  I truly believe I am being tested, by God, by the devil, by my own brain.  I wanted to throw in the towel today on my photography business.  I am feeling the 3 “D’s”: discouraged, distracted and defeated.  I went to bed to have a good cry and throw myself a pity party.  I decided to pick up my Bible (which I don’t really do as often as I should) and just started reading.  Maybe there would be something in there that would comfort me.  I started reading Psalms and holy smokes…it just spoke to me.  My pity party didn’t last long…they aren’t all that entertaining.  I then went on Pinterest for some more uplifting inspiration and found this:

credit: Ira Glass

Did someone put this on Pinterest for me?  This about SAYS IT ALL about how I am feeling.  I won’t settle for ordinary.  I just won’t.  I want to be extraordinary…the PURPLE COW amongst the brown cows.

So on the day that tried to defeat me…well guess what?  I am not going out so easy.  I LOVE what I do too much and have invested too much blood (yes…there are hazards in this job), sweat and tears to ever give up!  Then came a few more signs…like as I sat and wrote this post, I was listening to Sugarland’s These Are The  Days.  That hit home too!  And last but not least…I pull up to a stoplight and the car in front of me has the license plate frame “The Only Way To Fail Is To Quit”…ok Lord..I got the message…messages.

Moral of the story….after 4 full time/overtime years in this business, it’s ok to have a bad day.  As Jennifer Nettle from Sugarland says…”Yeah, sometimes it feels like we won’t make it through, but the hard times pass just like the good ones do”