So, I dropped my BRAND NEW phone yesterday and now my flawless apple screen is completely shattered. It literally just slipped out of my hand!
I can not even put into words how upset I am about this,the phone was BRAND NEW! I was so careful with it and I had my “shatter proof” glass protector on. Ok, ok my case wasn’t the best decision (it was super cute though). Either way, this was one expensive mistake! I’m really trying to work on being a good steward of my time, property and finances then this happened. I’m destruat, however the phone is still functional. Filled with shame, I take it to work and show my co-worker expecting him to fully understand and validate my feelings of guilt for being irresponsible and wasting all the money I JUST SPENT on this on this device. But his response shocked me. He was surprised, as expected but then he took the phone in his hand, rubbed his finger across the screen and said, well, “It is beautiful in its’ own way.” I looked at him completely baffled. When I looked at the phone, all I saw was my terrible, expensive mistake, every crack on that screen was a reminder of my failure. There was ABSOLUTELY NOTHING beautiful about that phone, until he said those words, and I took a second look. This time, I saw more than a broken screen, I looked through his lens and noticed this sort of abstract art work, the cracks formed this beautiful web. Then I realized a few things:
1) I was completely over reacting. I didn’t drop the phone on purpose, it was an honest mistake. There was nothing I could do about it now, so why allow this problem to continue to upset me. I had options, I wasn’t super fond of them, but they are options.
2) I ended up having to purchase a replacement phone, but I’ll be much wiser with this purchase. Not so concerned about the beauty of the case, I’m now focused on the value of the phone. So I’ll invest in a case that will protect my new phone much better than my first choice.
3) Man I was hard on myself. I’m completely flawed, but just like my phone, I’m valuable and althoough my mistake made my phone less value, it DID NOT cause me to lose value. It was time for me to understand causes of the mistake, make the proper adjustments (to prevent the mistake from happening again) and move on.
Whatever life path you have chosen, please know that despite the mistake, you are beautiful in your own way! Everyone around you should know and recognize that and if all the people that you surround yourself with see is a broken screen, it may be time to re-evaluate your circle. Yes, the people in your circle should challenge you to do and be better, but if and when you fail, they should see beauty in the midst of your flaws.
You are not your mistakes, YOU MATTER, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, YOU ARE VALUABLE, YOU ARE WORTH A SECOND CHANCE! PURSUE YOU!! If your first “case” was nice but not protective, do what you have to do to recover, then get you an OTTERBOX to protect your investment!
Dedicating this post to Cody, thanks for finding the beauty in my broken screen (Literally)
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