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You are your Grace under fire.  And we’re all under fire on a regular basis, aren’t we?

That just seems to be the nature of life and business.  It comes at you, and it doesn’t stop just because you already had other things to deal with.  It just keeeeeps on coming.  How you deal with it is who you are in the business community, and out of it.

It’s funny how good things can mix with bad; hard with easy; ups with downs.  Last week we won some awards for our websites (woot! – more on that tomorrow from our totally talented Holly Yalove).  We also had to deal with some family sorrows and the normal day to day business woes.

That’s the way it goes.

We all deal with the trials and tribulations differently.  I try to remember my many blessings, and what’s special about each of them.  A few deep breaths helps, too, and I enjoy decompressing to the sounds of the little stream that runs through our office park.

Personal coping mechanisms aside, as I mentioned earlier, it’s very helpful to have an awesome team to help motivate and support each other as we deal with the difficult days or weeks, or even years.

Finally, I also try to remember – as best I can – that people probably won’t notice grace under fire, because they don’t know about the fires.  But they will notice when we’re not graceful in the firing line.  When we blow up, our frustration and anger can spill into other people’s business lives.  And that can hurt our reputations and cause others to have to draw on their own possibly-low reserves of Grace.

May you have Grace under Fire this week, and whenever you need it in your year to come.

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