A Toast to New Adventures

This weekend is my weekend and no one elses. This is my weekend to reinvigorate myself. I will work on my stuff for the new store on my own time. I've instructed the partners to NOT call me this weekend. I am wonderful enough to warrant that from my job, for my job is not my life. I need a break. I've just closed my store. There's no more Starbucks Williams & 33rd in Kenner. I shut the door on an old chapter, but a new one arises. You remember we hated 'time outs' when we were younger. We need to take more 'time outs' as we get older because we forget to meditate and listen to the Divine. We are so busy that we forget to listen to the Divine to continue our journey. We try to stay busy to look like we're doing something. Sometimes we have to be STILL to actually do the work God wants us to do.

I am starting at a new store on Monday. There's a host of problems. Some are overwhelming. I have to take this weekend to digest and meditate. There's a reason for everything. I know I can do this job very well. I've got to start strong by analyzing the problems and being compassionate enough to help them with those problems. I'm not trying to be a martyr. I am a manager that wants the store to run efficiently and effectively. That's all. I do not have to be a friend to all. I don't have to be liked by all, but all will respect me and each other. If not, they will not longer be at the store. That's not a threat or warning. It is what it is. I want positive people around me. I am in a business where no one younger than 18 works there. That means that I have essentially adults legally. I will treat them as adults with respect and dignity. All I ask for in return the same for myself and the other partners.

So I take a step back, analyze and meditate on this new adventure called Harrison & Memphis. It is what it is. Let me display the wisdom, knowledge and be open to more.