When the going gets tough....

You know those days where you go into work (wherever that may be for you) thinking about your day ahead and knowing there was a certain list of things that needed to be accomplished?  And then, 26 minutes later all hell breaks loose and it just goes downhill for the rest of the day.  I, unlike most of the world, happen to have pretty good Mondays because my Tuesdays are crazy (that's a whole nother post), but this Monday sure lived up to its world-wide reputation.  A multitude of personnel issues, wrong orders picked, trucking fiascoes  you name it, it happened today.  But, our job is to make the impossible possible so we find a way to get it done.  One way or the other.  So, today, when a manager and his foreman both show up in my office at 4:04 pm, I just know it.  Some emergency is going on and we're gonna have to find a way to fix it.  And there was such an emergency.  One of our customers had a forklift - with a load on the forks - tilted backwards in an aisle and we had to find a way to get it back up.  So a mad scramble for personnel, trucking, and coordination ensued.  There were logistics discussions, engineering conversations, and a slew of getting to people's voicemail before getting some actual answers.

But, guess what happened?  My truck driver came back in, the assembled crew made their way out to the customer and we righted their truck back up for them.  We found a way.  About seven people worked together to find a way to make it happen. One of Raymond's motto's is "Above and Beyond" and call me cheesy but I really believe in that.  We do. We strive to go above and beyond for our customers.  Now, does it happen every time?  Nope.  But we sure try our darnedest to find a way around that and get it done.  There have been many times where I was at a total loss of how to even approach a situation, let alone find a solution.  But thank Jesus - He always helps me do what I need to do.  Don't get me wrong - I don't always handle everything with extreme calm and clarity but I do what I can to get it done.  I've learned a lot of lessons over the past few years and am trying to apply them in my current situations.  Life is a journey and it really is what you make it.  I'm just happy to be part of a team that doesn't give up the first time.  That, to be totally cliche, when the going gets tough, the tough get going.  Cheesy, but y'all know that's just a part of me.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.  Philippians 4:13