HANDLING LIFE'S GLITCHES!

How do you handle the little "glitches" in life? I was trying to have an philosophical discussion with a couple of colleagues about how an event can still be great even with a few "glitches". The response received-well my event was perfectly organized and planned and there were no glitches at all! Hum! As the mother of the bride on two wonderful occasions, all the planning and organizing did not account for a couple of little glitches-mostly with someone at the wrong table at the hall and people not showing up that had said they would come! All manageable and the bride did not know! The point I was trying to make was life can be great with glitches! I am not someone who needs perfect nor am I a perfectionist! A perfectionist actually is one of the anxiety disorder types and very annoying to others around him or her! Often in life our critics will always point out our little imperfections anyway! So with aging and maturity I have learnt not to take it personally nor get defensive! There will always be people who like to criticize or find your glitches! I remember when Natasha and I were planning her wedding. One of the event planners at one of the halls told us a story about the wedding cake of one bride. When she called the cake business a few hours before the reception was to begin and she was told the bride and groom had looked at a cake and had picked one tentatively. The groom was supposed to get back to the store to confirm the order but had not! Wow- a huge glitch for the bride-great planning but a glitch! So the hall made a deal with the store. A frozen slab of cake was hauled out of their freezer and the decorator did her thing- 3 hours later the cake arrived at the hall. The bride of course said her wedding was "perfect" unaware of any glitches! Life can have people around you that run interference for you! Oh yes, anyone that knows me is always impressed by my organizational skills and abilities. Thinking, planning and doing-many things get accomplished in my life! The other organizational skill I have is to let it go when the event happens. Whether it is a dinner party or a trip- sit back and let the process happen! Of course you know what I am going to say- no event in my life needs to be perfect to be fun, wonderful and memorable! Try to anticipate the "glitches" but if unpreventable you can either cry, yell or laugh! Well we all know laughter is good for the soul!