That’s the lesson I learned today. I have been plodding along processing paperwork and trying to find applicants for the upcoming interviews and time is running out. We have to get all the documents in within a week! We still have interview spots in Cape Town, so last night I sat up until some time after 10pm emailing teachers who are on our system asking if they wanted a shot at the interview. I picked up one definite as a result of that. There are always applicants who drop out for various issues, but altogether there has been progress today. Yesterday, I felt I had gone no steps forward and 4 steps back!
But today looks better!
I have new applicants! I have covered mounds of paperwork and have 2 Skype calls lined up for tomorrow.
Oh! The plodding has paid off.
It doesn’t matter how slow you go, just don’t stop.
That’s the phrase I’ve written about before that goes back 30 years to our honeymoon. Mike and I hiked the Otter Trail as part of our honeymoon and we were told that when we did it, that it didn’t matter how slow we went, just don’t stop.
So we tried not to. We plodded up the mountains, slowly putting one step in front of the other and we just didn’t stop. It worked.
The same principle can be applied to getting a job done.
It doesn’t matter how slow you go, just don’t stop.
It’s also one of the marvels of travelling by ship. The ship we travelled on a few years ago only went 24km/hour. Imagine travelling 24km/hour by road for 11000 kms! It sounds painful. The thing about the ship is that when it was moving between ports, it just didn’t stop. In fact there were times when I wished it would stop out at sea. Slowly but surely it cruised across the vast Atlantic and eventually arrived in Cape Town.
I don’t know how to make the painful days easier to cope with. Yesterday I was crabby and a few people around me heard so! I kept telling them, “I’m so crabby!” The painful days are easier to cope with when you believe that a better day is coming. Yesterday I was labouring up the mountain. Today I reached a plateau which had a pretty good view. Tomorrow, I’ll climb some more.
#191 of my thousand thanks is for that wonderful experience of SUCCESS!
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness. Instead He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
These are the days!
Keep the smile going.
God bless you!
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂