A "Peace" of Paper
Posted on April 06, 2013 by James Singleton, One of Thousands of Life Coaches on Noomii.
How I truly learned that no matter what everything will always be alright.
A couple of years ago, one of my clients fired the team I was working on. It was hard to not take it personally, since I was the lead on the account. Being fired was harsh, but the words the client said over the phone were some I’ll never forget.
That night when I got on the train to go home, I tried to convince myself that everything was going to be alright. I said it over and over again, but the more I said it in my mind, the less I believed it. Then a girl with long blonde hair got on the stop after mine. She sat across from me and began to quietly cry. She kept her face down and tried to cover it with her hair so no one would notice. I then took out a piece of paper from my bag and wrote down the phrase “Everything is going to be alright!” As I stepped off the train, I handed her the note.
When I walked on to the train platform, I turned around to see if she was reading it. And she looked at me and mouthed the words, “Thank You.” And that’s when I really got the message that everything was going to be alright.
Although I don’t know what she was crying about – I have learned that all pain is the same. This truth also allows me to know that if you understand you are not alone, it helps to alleviate whatever pain you’re feeling and in the end you can really believe ALL is going to be RIGHT.
