Spiritual Growth
Many years ago I made a commitment never to pass along any negative energy.
I live most days in peace and love, but that doesn’t mean I don’t get caught in a loop sometimes when things don’t “go my way.” Patience has never been easy for me and as a result, I still have to work on it occasionally.
The point of this story is that when you make a mistake, you need to make up for it; which usually entails an apology.
I had to call my bank Again (emphasis on the capital letter) as what had transpired since opening a new business account with them was a series of one hand not knowing what the other was doing scenarios.
Ok, maybe the bank (which will remain nameless) was having trouble with their sale and transition, or the bad PR they were getting from being a large part of the bad mortgage legacy, I’ll give them that. Maybe it was just my good-looking with no follow-up sales rep – probably more likely.
In any case, I transferred a checking account from one bank to another; to what was supposed to be a free checking account and as it turns out, it wasn’t. And so the bank is calling me to have me pay service fees with my credit card.
Aaargh!
My patience got shorter as the nice lady kept telling me she was “just doing her job;” Like I couldn’t figure that out.
But you see spirit is in the details. I should have taken a pause and called her back. But I plodded on and became more frustrated … no yelling, just bad energy conversation. I’m sure you know what I mean.
So I made it right the next day because I had made a promise to myself and to God. I called her up and apologized for being short with her and reiterated my commitment to never pass along anything but kindness and love.
After her initial quizzical reaction, we worked out the bank situation. She cleared out and closed my account and told me I wasn’t the only one that had a problem with this particular sales rep. She also asked me to come and introduce myself the next time I came into the bank. In other words, we made nice and brought each other’s day up instead of down.
It would have been easy to ignore the situation I had created, but you see I can’t.
Because Spiritual Growth is in the details and I made a promise.
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
