Wiccan Man
There's a few great things about working at a coffee shop.
The first, and most important to me, is that you get to hear people say just absolutely wonderful things. Things that make life OK when everything has gone wrong. Things that give meaning to every day meaningless tasks.
Today, was hell. I had a headache, I had stomach problems all afternoon. I want someone to talk to right now, I'd really like to call up Betsy or Matthiu and just talk. Anyway, so tonight we had a band at the coffee shop, a very good group - but their crowd was terrible. I work at a coffee shop and I don't believe I've ever served so much alcohol. I couldn't believe the amounts that these people were consuming, and it was frustrating. I knew they were going to all be driving home, and there was nothing I could do (if I wanted to keep my job) to stop them from drinking or prevent them from driving. So I continued to serve them alcohol and continued to allow my frustration to bottle up.
This man, a sweetheart he was, even though he was drinking Smirnoff, he noticed my grumbling every time someone wanted alcohol. And he said to me, "Don't worry, I'm not driving myself home." And I told him I was glad, but wished that every other person in the room could say the same. This, I don't believe I'll ever forget. He said:
"You can't change the course of events in life, all you can do is try to change the energy - and even sometimes that is a huge challenge."
It made me want to hug him. I still feel terrible about letting all of those people drive home, maybe kill or injure a few people. There was nothing I could do, and I didn't like that idea. But, like many other things, I need to learn to let it go; to realize that all I could do was just hope and pray.. and then hope and pray that it would be enough to change the course of events.
Anyway. So my night is a wee bit better, thanks to this man. But I still have a headache and I still want to go to bed. So I'm going to go see that I accomplish what I do have control over.
The first, and most important to me, is that you get to hear people say just absolutely wonderful things. Things that make life OK when everything has gone wrong. Things that give meaning to every day meaningless tasks.
Today, was hell. I had a headache, I had stomach problems all afternoon. I want someone to talk to right now, I'd really like to call up Betsy or Matthiu and just talk. Anyway, so tonight we had a band at the coffee shop, a very good group - but their crowd was terrible. I work at a coffee shop and I don't believe I've ever served so much alcohol. I couldn't believe the amounts that these people were consuming, and it was frustrating. I knew they were going to all be driving home, and there was nothing I could do (if I wanted to keep my job) to stop them from drinking or prevent them from driving. So I continued to serve them alcohol and continued to allow my frustration to bottle up.
This man, a sweetheart he was, even though he was drinking Smirnoff, he noticed my grumbling every time someone wanted alcohol. And he said to me, "Don't worry, I'm not driving myself home." And I told him I was glad, but wished that every other person in the room could say the same. This, I don't believe I'll ever forget. He said:
"You can't change the course of events in life, all you can do is try to change the energy - and even sometimes that is a huge challenge."
It made me want to hug him. I still feel terrible about letting all of those people drive home, maybe kill or injure a few people. There was nothing I could do, and I didn't like that idea. But, like many other things, I need to learn to let it go; to realize that all I could do was just hope and pray.. and then hope and pray that it would be enough to change the course of events.
Anyway. So my night is a wee bit better, thanks to this man. But I still have a headache and I still want to go to bed. So I'm going to go see that I accomplish what I do have control over.