Happiness and work

It was so ironic that today I received an email from the library telling me that The Happiness Project is now available for me. Perfect timing b/c I was just about to pout all over town. You see Real Estate is a little like the marines - the hardest job you are going to love...and then of course, I like to add my own ending of ..."and sometimes not love" as i am sure that is true for both. Or maybe even all jobs. Summer is tough on Realtors b/c it's slow. And by slow I mean you can list a house and a month later still have NO showings. Slow. And the explanation and remedy to that "slow" wears heavy on the shoulders of a realtor. But this is only part of the picture. Working in real estate can be hard but also full of satisfaction and joy. And I think I can speak for many Realtors when saying that all we really need is a tiny sprinkle of joy to keep going. We don't need every deal to work out and we don't need every client to love us, but we do need sprinkles. Without the moments of LOVE and JOY it's just like any other job. It's the gas to this machine. So I was just out on lawn talking to my friend Anne who is an amazing listener and I were breaking it down. I come inside to see the Happiness Project email and had to laugh. Because REALLY I have NOTHING to be unhappy about. Then, just as I started to blog, up pops an email from a realtor "you fully executed contract". YAY - a deal!!! An accepted deal. 2 things - first the Happiness Project email and then the "fully executed contract" (the sprinkle of joy i so desperately needed) and I sprung up with a spring in my step, popped open a cold fizzy diet coke and felt a million times better. THANK you Real Estate God for sprinkling me today. I needed it and I will use it to move forward in a positive thankful way - I promise!