When Your Urgency or Excitement Goes Unmatached

When Your Urgency or Excitement Goes Unmatached

No matter how good it is or what urgency has arose, there will be some who will not have the same level of urgency, concern, or excitement as you. How do you handle that?  Does that bother you?

This topic is so fresh due to a recent experience I had.  Over the past few weeks, I made it a point to remind my family that I would need them in the coming weeks. I stressed the urgency and gave them ample notice. Everyone replied that they would be available and ready.  Can you guess what happened?

Yep, they let me down.  I will say that it wasn't a total let down, they just didn't respond with the same urgency and timeliness as was needed.  

Has that ever happened to you?  Have you ever needed something and the person you asked came through, but it was too late for you to even act on it? 

This is what I'm referring to.  Your urgency will not always be met with the same energy.  Just as your excitement may not be matched with the same enthusiasm.

Whether in your personal or professional life, learn to not put more weight or expectation on other's responses and make deadlines clear and earlier than needed.  This is what giving grace looks like. 

Putting your expectations on others only leads to disappointment.  The objective is to share the experience and not transfer the burden.

There may be a few who do with all sincerity.  Just understand that while this is your experience, you have no idea what they're dealing with.  They may not be able to reach that level of excitement or meeting you where you're at may just take them under.

Extend grace, empathy, mindfulness, and understanding.  Let's not forget forgiveness.