Workstation Diaries: Just Random Thoughts
By: Ulysses C. Ybiernas | July 1, 2008 8:24 AM
Thoughts between transactions
This is the start of another day in the month of July. There are some good things that happened in July. One important event is the Independence Day of America. But I hope to be able to gain some kind of independence in certain aspects of my life that have been gripping and choking me over the past couple of days.
Sad to say, I am down in spirit. Although I try to lighten up my disposition, reality always surfaces.
I arrived too early at the bank at around 8:15 a.m., trying to keep a relentless spirit, but the anxiety and apprehension about what lies ahead in the coming days keep haunting me. I have not yet learned the lessons, my lessons. My problem now is how to reconcile having a peaceful mind and a composed self in the midst of the great upheaval that has beset my life. Things are always easier said than done. This is a battle between self-composure and reality.
I do have some ways of solving my short-term problems. I hope they will succeed. It’s a matter of will and determination, combined with a little creativity.
It’s now 9:59 a.m. at my workstation, and I have no customer to serve at the moment. This gives me time to think about my wife. I haven't heard from her, I hope she already received her salary and that nothing bad has happened to her. I understand her situation, and I can imagine the lingering sadness and loneliness she must feel being so far away from her loved ones.
Last Saturday morning, even though she had no more money and had used up her last load, she still called our daughter, who was celebrating her second birthday. I didn’t prepare anything for that day due to financial constraints. It’s the start of the school year, and most of my money was spent on purchasing school supplies and uniforms for the children.
Oops, a customer has just arrived. I’m serving her now. She must have miscounted her money. She wrote $4,000.00 on her deposit slip, but when I counted it, it was actually $4,100.00. I let her correct the amount.
That’s all for today.
You leave home to seek your fortune. And, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family. - Anita Baker
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