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El Prima got two job offers this week - very welcome news after months of searching. In my excitement I posted the news on FB before she'd received the formal offer, sending her into a spin of nervous worry that the offer would be withdrawn, that they would change their minds, that somehow, she'd have the rug pulled out from under her feet again.
It was silly of me, for we do not count chickens at our house anymore. But what do we do with good news - news that may still all go wrong, but for now, is worth celebrating? How do we celebrate it without jinxing ourselves, without inflating our hubris only for cruel-humoured deities to pop it at our expense?
We look at what we have right now, and we gently pat these warm, unhatched eggs. Not counting, just loving these little possibilities as they are right now. Who knows what will happen. Whether or not they ever peck their way out of their shells and into a chickeny future is not for us to know. But right now we have eggs, and we're going to enjoy them for their sheer eggy possibility.
I don't believe in jinxing ... that would imply that you're in control of everything that's going to happen in the future? Preparation for the worst case scenrio is a sensible thing to do ... but above all, hope is what keeps you going, and there is nothing wrong with celebrating that you are one step closer to what you hope for, nothing wrong at all x
ReplyDeleteYes, enjoy these moments of sheer eggy possibility (love that phrase!) I hope it hatches into something great for you & El Prima.
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