Moving On

I joined a new section at work. Moving on is always bittersweet. What did I learn? What did my old section teach me?

God cares. The day before I and another coworker was asked if we wanted to leave the department because another section had only a handful of people, I cried....in front of my boss. I know. Crazy, right? The supporting department were of no support whatsoever and it just got so frustrating to do my job. The supporting department would hold up progress for months. The next morning, I'm asked if I want to leave. The other coworker didn't care whether she stayed or left. I volunteered to leave. I know it sounds weird but I felt like that was God's way of saying 'they made my baby cry. I'm movin her out of this section'. My new department is quieter and one of the senior coworkers in the section said the department that supports them is much more...supportive. All I ask is for people to do their jobs.

He who has friends must show himself friendly (Proverbs 18:24a). I was in that department for 3 years and I didn't have one friend. Work friends are rarely real friends but they are nice to have to...walk to the vending machine, go out to lunch with, talk about the world, that sort of stuff. It wasn't all their fault. I was cold and to myself. In my new section (where everyone keeps to their self, another plus) I will try and be more friendly. I'm looking at this opportunity as a way to reinvent myself. New environments aid in that process, tremendously.
I learned that change is good but it can be scary. The unknown awaits and it can be either good or bad. The best thing to do is to go through it and grow in the process.

Raise your glasses. I'd like to make a toast...To the future. Here, here.