Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. The New Year’s weight-loss and fitness ads will soon be replaced by others … you know which ones. Advertising for jewelry and cards—the show you care type. My hopeful favorite at this time of year is some really good chocolate! It made me think of that popular line from the movie, Forest Gump,
Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get.
Though the line’s probably been overused—even laughably to many—there is a good career take-away. Whether you’re exploring what you want to do, trying to find and get it, or trying to keep it, career life is very unpredictable. That box of chocolates might contain a complex mixture. You might grab your favorite caramel, or bite into a detested fruit filling. The results of your choices may suit you—or not.
Every decision has a different destination and a different consequence, good and bad. Yummy ones are very easy to swallow; yucky ones are hard to stomach. It is what we do afterward that matters. Do we give up finding our favorites—the ones we love? Or are we persistent like my little dog, Ted, who has no thought of giving in to obstacles, but instead gives in to adventures and possibilities!
We all have to decide what paths we will take in our personal and career lives. If we keep searching, if we take the type of wide-eyed, child-like and anything-goes attitude that Forest Gump had, who knows how many wonderful adventures await us around the bend? Here’s wishing you goodies! And here’s to that bit of Forest Gump in you, when you bite into a yucky.
