Currently I am facing the mammoth task of applying for Teaching Positions for 2013 - when I say mammoth task, I most certainly do mean this a massive task. Its a task that to be honest I am well and truly over doing and one that I would quite happily not continue to do however I know that I need a teaching job for the coming year.
When we are constantly having to do such repetitive tasks (which in this case provide us with rejection, rejection and more rejection), the task can seem insufficient and unworthy of all the time and effort put into it.
This afternoon I was meant to be doing these letters and CV's yet again and all I was doing instead was watching High School Musical on TV and asking my husband if there was any work around the house that needed to be done instead - basically I do not want to do letters.
Nat and I had a conversation about teaching jobs, and so much more (including the rewards I would receive and the positive results of continuing these applications) and I then decided to curl up in bed with my laptop and get some work done.
I am now writing this as I listen to K-Love Radio Station online and am currently thriving with the job application process thanks to the encouragement I am receiving. I keep hearing on the radio station "Positive, encouraging K-Love" and I must say that this is true, it is most certainly a radio station that is both positive and encouraging.
This afternoon I have received encouragement in the form of music, through the words of my husband, through the thought of having a job at the end of this process, through the mouth watering taste of chocolate in my mouth once I get some applications done, through the words of friends on Facebook, through reading a typed letter from a friend and through many other aspects of communication.
At the start of this blog post I mentioned those things in life we face on a daily basis - the things that become part of our daily routine, the things that sometimes we would rather not do. Although we may not want to do those things, through the Power of Sincere Encouragement, those sorts of tasks seem much more achievable and realistic - whether the encouragement is a goal we have set, words of support from others or even the sweet taste of chocolate in our mouths at the end of the process.
The power of encouragement (whatever the shape or form it takes), is incredible and has a massive impact on how we carry out those tasks we know we need to do.
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