Heart Advice

There is Beauty in Breakdown

‘’I’m sitting at my office desk trying desperately to hold back my tears. My body is numb and I feel excruciatingly heavy in my chair. There is something in the air today that I can’t quite grasp, but I know today is unlike any previous work day. My boss comes over and asks me to come with him to Human Resources. As I follow him, my mind sprints to possibilities…I have been with this company for four years, and never once have I been called to a meeting with HR and my boss. I’m not due for a raise or a promotion. The only other rational reason I am being escorted is because they are going to fire me. I become acutely aware of all of my surroundings. The air is so thick, a knife couldn’t cut it. I hear a pen drop across the office, the sound seems to boom out of proportion to the cause, and I realize it is a reflection of my heart falling into my stomach...’’

by Shannon Kaiser