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Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the bright and morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours
Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
and watch me rise again
Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me
I really empathise with this dear friend of mine. She had already done all that she could to help alleviate the workload of one of her colleagues. Nonetheless, she was taken for granted and accused of being calculative. How could there ever be such a person? My heart goes out to her but there is nothing I could do… …
Grace has been tasked to plan for a school event with another colleague by the name of XX. Both of them have been taking turns to rehearse with pupils involved. However, Grace took it upon herself to do all the administration for the past six months as she was the main person-in-charge. “XX has an elderly and sickly parent to care for so I thought it is only humane on my part to do what I can to lighten her workload,” Grace related to me. She was the one doing all the attendance for pupils, claim forms for vendors (who train these pupils), consent forms for pupils, doing reports to update on the progress of this event and answering all queries from anxious parents.
Out of the blue, an enthusiastic child went for one of the rehearsals (which XX was on duty) and his father asked XX if his boy could join the event. Without seeking further clarification nor asking for Grace’s permission, XX accepted the child. During the next rehearsal, Grace found this innocent new face and questioned him on his involvement. She then found out what XX had done. It was too late to send the boy home because his father had left. Soft-hearted Grace then allowed the boy to participate in that rehearsal. Grace discussed with XX the next day and it was decided that XX should call and let the boy’s father know that it was a mistake on her behalf to take in the boy. This was concluded on the basis that both XX and the boy’s father had already touched base.
XX failed to call. This dragged on for a few days. Finally, XX was not feeling well and asked Grace to call on a Friday evening. Grace couldn’t call either as she had to accompany her husband who was suddenly hospitalized over the weekend. Monday came and Grace gently asked XX if she was feeling better. She also broke the news to XX that the call had not been made because of her husband’s admission into GeneralHospital. Grace suggested to XX that she could make the call that day and XX agreed.
Guess what happened after this? A fellow colleague told Grace that XX commented that she was a petty person to work with. Apparently, XX mentioned that Grace was too calculative in terms of work and tried to pass the task of making a call to her (XX). Poor Grace! She was deeply hurt. After all that she had been quietly doing, she was accused of being such a selfish person? And everything didn’t just end here. Many other colleagues went to Grace and asked her casually about this matter. Huh? How did they come to know about this?
Nuggets of truth and lessons to be learnt? 1) There are useless and incapable peoplewho busy themselves with spreading rumours instead of doing proper and constructive work. 2) There are scums who are out to accuse, hurt and demoralize others. 3) It doesn’t pay to be too nice. Okay, the last one was from me to Grace.
As Grace narrated the entire incident to me, she appeared strong but as her friend, I could feel her heart crying. She still cannot believe that her colleague did this to her… …
