Disappointment

  Sometimes, it drives us to do more or do better. Other times we just feel like giving up.

  Yesterday, I was given an opportunity to get a decent working generator. The only catch was that I had to go get it.

My pickup has sat for most of the last three years because the front end is worn out. I have the parts to rebuild it but never seem to find the time to do it.

My procrastination cost me the generator. While the front end is shot, it would have worked to pick it up. So even though it’s too late for one opportunity, I won’t miss the next one and I have a lot of things that I need to deal with that have been put off because of the truck being down.

Today, I got tags for it, and on the next warm day, I will start putting parts on and will do some here and there as time allows until it’s done. It’s either that or pay someone else nearly $800 to install my $800 worth of parts that have sat patiently in their boxes waiting to put into service.

With any luck, I will need it for an auction coming up this Saturday. There is a log splitter that I am hoping to have the winning bid on.

It’s more log splitter than I really need, so to my way of thinking, it should last a good long time. At my age, I may likely never need another, but time will tell.

In any event, this disappointment for me has built a fire, and I’m using that fire to finish several projects that have been on the back burner for a bit too long.

Don’t let disappointment get you down, learn from it, and like a box drawn backward, let it launch you into action. You’re never defeated until you give up!

May your ventures be met with sucess!