One Small Thing

I changed the password on my work computer last week. It feels like I do this every eight days or so. I power up, and sure enough, there’s that annoying pop-up box again, the one that inquires with feigned politeness, “Your password will expire in 6 days. Would you like to change it now?”

I know there are probably very good reasons for the changing of the password (which in reality occurs every three months, not every eight days, although it sure feels that fast). Still, I can’t help but assume that not every malicious hacker is standing poised to break through my firewall to get a glimpse of the latest ad copy or the fundraising letter sitting in my drafts folder.

But I digress.

My previous password until last week was StupidBook.

Why yes, I was feeling a hair frustrated over all things publishing-related one morning, and I did have myself an itty-bitty tantrum as I was greeted by the password change pop-up box.

As a result, I typed StupidBook into my computer four days a week, no fewer than 12 times a day (because, of course, if I step away from my desk for more than 10 minutes, my computer automatically logs out – hackers poised to snatch my ad copy, you know – and when I return I am required to re-type StupidBook in order to log back in) for the past three months.

So last week I changed my password from StupidBook to GodisGood (with some additional numbers and symbols that I will not reveal, for all you poised hackers out there).

Let me tell you, typing GodisGood instead of StupidBook 12 times a day is a game-changer. Seriously, people. You wouldn’t think something so small and insconsequential as two (or three) simple words would make any difference at all, but it does. I feel so much better.

Now, every time I type in my password, I'm reminded not of my big, fat failure to publish my book, but of the fact that God is good, no matter what.

No matter what, GodisGood.

It just goes to show you: one small thing can make a big difference {and now I’ve got a whole new plan, because that Bible is chock-full of password possibilities. Bring it on, password changer pop-up box.}

What’s one small thing that's making a big difference in your daily life these days?

Linking my gratitude list with Ann {on Monday}:

955. Red flags flapping on the golf course

956. First butterfly of the season

957. A male and female duck, sitting at the top of the honey locust tree

958. Homemade Irish soda bread from Mrs. Long's recipe

959. A fluffed up mourning dove in the rain

960. Morning dew on the golf course

961. Little girls walking hand in hand

962. Writing with the back door open

963. Planning summer vacations

964. Planting pansies in the windowbox and remembering Janice

965. A new password