To enlighten you about this week's title: I have a particular pair of pants that I like to wear with a particular pair of shoes. The only thing about this partnership is that when I rise up from my seat, the pants end up getting stuck between the back of my shoes and my foot heels, so I always have to pull my pant legs out. Well, one day I was in a job interview wearing these pants and shoes. The time had come for us to wrap things up, and even though the interview went very well, I was feeling a little nervous still (who wouldn't?) and forgot to make sure I fixed my pants before getting up. All at the same time, the ladies started holding out their hands to shake mine and I was working on fixing my pants. I ended up shaking one lady's right hand with my left hand, all the while telling them that my pants were stuck in my shoes and trying to make light of it by giggling and my face was turning red from embarassment because I couldn't believe I was even experiencing all of that.
They chuckled with me about it a little (maybe for sympathy?....), but I didn't want to act like I had it all together, not fix my pants, and then have THAT be the last thing they remember seeing of me. It ended up being awkward no matter what. I called a friend to tell her how the interview went, and all I could focus on in speaking with her was my pants issue! I kept saying, "I'm such a dork, I'm such a dork!" She said, "If they really like you, they won't care about that. They will see past that to who you are really are, and how you will benefit them."
I know, "What IS the big deal? Those kinds of things happen to everyone." That is correct, and THAT is the point: it's NOT a big deal at all, but it overtook me and it was all I could think about. It was a true wardrobe malfunction, and what would make me so special to not have some silly thing like that happen to me?
When we get into situations that matter a lot to us, we want every little detail to work out perfectly...but every little detail does not always obey us. We have to be okay with that, and what's more...we need to focus on the TRUTH of the situation. For me, the TRUTH of the matter was that I had a great interview, and I actually ended up getting the job! Aren't you glad that pants and shoes can't determine the outcome of our lives? Ahh, the process of learning how to pick battles.
NEXT WEEK: CHEEEEEEEESE!!!
