Whew! I did it. I made the call. I just got off the phone after leaving a a message so that I can talk to someone at a local pool about swimming lessons for Henri.
Have I mentioned that I'm shaking? That my heart is racing? That my nerves are on edge? Argh! I do not like making phone calls. And I will get all nervous again when I see on the caller I.D. that they are calling me back.
By the way, I'm not talking about phone calls to my friends and family. I'm fine with that.
I'm talking about phone calls to organizations and businesses.
I think it's my pride that holds me back. I have so many questions, but I am afraid to ask them, thinking that I should have all the answers already. My heart starts racing, and I put it off, and I put it off, and I put it off.
Johnny doesn't have this problem. He is in sales, after all. I have such a gracious husband. He willingly used to make all the phone calls for us. Now he just doesn't have the time, and well, I do. Plus I'm feeling a tad guilty about listing all the questions out for him that I want to make sure get answered. So there. I need to take care of things, and stop whining about my questions and fears and just pick up the phone and ask them!
Stupid pride. I need humbleness, so I'm praying that the Lord will work that in me. I'm a wretch. God is glorious!
I hope my kids don't take after me in this. Be like your father, kids. Or better yet, be like your Heavenly Father. Read the Word. Do what it says.
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Funny...I am the same way...also, I just signed Chase up for swimming lessons! They are in the evening, June 9-19th, M-Th. Not looking forward to it...will make for a long day! It's worth it though :)
Luv, me
I gotcha Yvette - a friend of mine and I were just sharing the same thing - while we both blushed at our foolishness thinking we were the only ones with this complex :)
I just get Heidi to do all my calls :)
Christa
yeah. i pretty much flop on the phone. and i mumble. and i ramble. you are obviously not alone. btw, i need to call you back. i can bring a meal sometime next week probably. hey. let's save ourselves heart palpitations and just take care of it over email!!!
Me too! Sometimes I think the world of e-mail and text messages has stripped me of my ability to actually talk with people. You're not alone! ~M
Like everyone else said. I agree. You are not alone. I HATE making calls. Friends and family are fine, but service people and like you said people you need to talk to about swim lessons, yes, that is what I hate. I too make Steve do it. He's more introverted than I am, but does fine on the phone.
Once again, I concur with everyone above and it's even worse out here because you have to be very forward or no one will listen to you. I have to make a lot of phone calls for Alexander and Hector often comes home to find me in tears because no one on the phone will listen to me and I am not assertive enough to yell at them.
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