I’ve had this post swirling in my head for some time now but haven’t found the words to express it.
Then I came across a quote that affirmed I had to write this post but still didn’t have the words. If it comes off as rambling, I apologize in advance. Let’s start from the beginning.
Some time ago I blogged about job satisfaction and expressed how frustrated I was to not be working in my field or in the department in my organisation that was closely related to my field. I’ve worked with my organisation for three years now and for three years, right from my interview stage, I wanted to be posted to a particular department. I expected that from my CV, I would be sent there but I got something different and thus began the journey of trying with no luck to get transferred back to Abuja and into that department. And trust me, I tried everything.
After my brain surgery, I got a call from someone in management about a proposal research I did which was related to my “dream” department. In that call, I was informed that management approved my transfer to that department and a promotion to go with it. Talk about double blessings for your troubles right? Wrong! It was all a hallucination. Till date, I keep trying to figure out how I hallucinated it all. Imagine how broken and embarrassed I felt because I had shared my good news with anyone who would listen, That was how happy I was to have finally gotten my dream department. It took my cousin talking sense into me about it not being my fault but a side effect from the surgery for me to stop feeling so bad about it.
However, one day while I was sitting feeling bad for myself and the whole hallucination saga, I heard something tell me, “What’s stopping you from making it a reality?”. So I signed up for a course related to this proposal I had, an area I wanted to explore right from when I joined this organization. I did get transferred back to Abuja so that was 1 out of 3. Upon my resumption in Abuja, I started asking questions about this department and the director in charge. I was told he was approachable so I found a senior colleague to make an introduction. I approached him and told him why I wanted to be in his department. Less than two weeks later, I received my transfer letter to that department. Not only that but I was posted to the unit that was in charge of the area I had proposed in my hallucination.
Talk about things falling in pleasant places!!
Sometimes at work, I take a moment to absorb everything and remind myself that this is what I prayed for. For 3 years, I wanted nothing more than to be in this department, doing what I’m doing and it didn’t look like it was going to happen until one day, the waves aligned.
The quote I saw was from Nick Vujicik.
“The undeniable truth is that you and I have absolutely no control over what happens to us. But we can control how we respond. You can be buried by a giant wave, or you can ride it into shore”
This quote stood out to me for two reasons, first of all, I had the title of this post right before I knew what I was going to write about. “Waves Aligning” had been swimming in my head for some time. Secondly, it ties into my 28th year theme; intentionality. Yes, I had a brain surgery. Yes, I had hallucinated some of my heart desires. Yes, it was also embarrassing having to explain to so many people who called to congratulate me or ask about work that I had indeed hallucinated my transfer and promotion. But I refused to let myself have a pity party for too long. I licked my wounds, bandaged them and got proactive, first by signing up for that course and secondly by selling myself to the Director.
I call this season I’m in, waves aligning. For three years, I tried to get my transfer back to Abuja and into my current department but I kept hitting a roadblock. But you see the thing with water is, it’s going to flow regardless of whatever is in its way. It’s either going to go around it, over it, under it or through it. Without trying to sound like a motivational speaker, I just wanted to share this with someone who’s hitting a roadblock. Don’t give up. Stay intentional and prepared about your desires. Someday the waves would align for you.
