Dealing with disappointment

Today I had to tell the kids who won {and didn't win} student council positions.
 I kid you not- I could not look at them in the eye.

They just look so sad when they don't get picked for things like this! And I remember!

I remember that kid, Ben was his name, in 5th grade who WON student council president of the whole school. I was devastated. I had worked so hard on my posters and my speech. My mom didn't help me with that stinkin glitter glue, and I had no fancy pictures or glossy posters to show- just a few markers and some poster board with some silly slogan and my mediocre artwork.

And I got nothin. All that hard work for nothin.

So, tiny kid in the 7th grade who zipped out of the room before the first slobbery, wet tear hit the floor, it's ok.

Marilyn Monroe said

Sometimes Good Things Fall Apart So 

Better 

Things Can Fall Together

Amen Marilyn! Amen!

I'm finding this to be more and more true in my life as I get older. Who knows what would have happened if I had been president of the 5th grade. Probably nothing. But maybe I would have gone on to do student government in middle and high school- which would of course lead to some ridiculous major like foreign diplomacy- I would have moved to France to study the EU- never have met my husband- and be stuck in France with too much leg hair and the British Prime Minister breathing down my neck! THE HORROR!

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All I'm saying is that it's ok when things don't work out the way we planned. I could never have imagined this life I live in a million years. So many things have worked out far better than I'd ever planned, while some things are just on the horizon, and others have been pushed to the wayside.

Thankfully, life is STILL beautiful. Everyday I'm amazed at all the wonderful things in this world. My precious pooch who snuggles into bed for a cozy nap, my darling students who grin at me until I let them off the hook, my hilarious husband singing Frozen in the shower at the top of his lungs.

These are the things that have the power to make us happy- not being 'President' of anything! Disappointment may sting for a few minutes, hours or days- but when you turn around to see the hugs, smiles, and love that results from your efforts, it's all worth the tears.

Be Happy my friends. That is how you deal with disappointment.

A little easter Bunny never hurt either...