Frustration... >:-\

I was finally able to finish this project at work that I have been working on. To accommodate our forecasted end-of-the-year demand, we have purchased all the hardware we need to help us accomplish that. The project was to get all the computers, print servers, plotters and everything else set up, configured and tested.

It was a very frustrating experience... It also was not a one-day task neither. I had to be at the warehouse for a few days in order to finish this project. Although I could have had it done on my own, in order to be more effective I requested some assistance... I guess I need to be more grateful I was able to obtain assistance because otherwise this project would have taken much longer than I wanted. The things I asked them to help me with were not hard things at all. I promise I did not ask them to build a space shuttle with duck tape, straws and a 9 volt battery. They were really simple things like: move this from point A to point B. Yet things got messed up, hardware and cables got placed all over the place, items ended up missing... It was chaos. I needed to be focused in order to have all working properly, because there are a lot of things than can go wrong and they make the whole set not work, but it was hard to get concentrated when I also had to focus on finding things and getting things organized.

I needed to be an example for my co-workers rather than lose it completely and be unprofessional and rude. I needed to constantly be reminding myself that although I was upset with all the disorganization... that I needed to be patient and treat all around me with all the professionalism and respect I expect to be treated with.

I had to remember a quote by Elder Neal. A. Maxwell I have in my cubicle that reads: "Patience is tied very closely to faith in our Heavenly Father. Actually, when we are unduly impatient, we are suggesting that we know what is best - better than does God. Or, at least, we are asserting that our timetable is better than His."

Here is a picture of the quote on my cube:

After all the headaches and stepping stones, it was gratifying to look back on my way out at all that was done and to obtain this feeling of accomplishment despite all the roadblocks I had to deal with. I guess this is an example on how Father have this plan developed for us. He only poses a challenge we can handle, we face the obstacles (opposition) and ultimately if we endure till the end we can taste the sweet flavor of victory.

Here is a panoramic photo of our warehouse's mezzanine where we have our plotting pods: