Get Out of The Bucket

Those words changed my life. Eight years ago I was going through a difficult time. A relationship was ending and I found myself wallowing in depression and self pity. Nothing and no one seemed to be helping. It was affecting my job and it could have had long term effects. One day my Commanding Officer called me into his office and told me those words "Get out of the bucket". He used some other colorful language as well but those five words kept going through my head. Being stuck in a bucket means you are heading no where, no where fast. He was telling me to live, to take a step out of the bucket and start living again. Though that road hasn't always been smooth at least I am on it. I'm out of the bucket and living. For those of you out there that are stuck in that bucket I encourage you take a chance, start living again. Eventually the hurt will go away, the dissappointment will fade and a new day will begin. Let's learn from one another and live each day, really live because life is too short to not enjoy and live every moment.