Buckets Of Optimism...

My blog piece, "When I Used My Excellent Tact," shared a somewhat hilarious experience my co-workers and I were thrust into when I worked at the architectural and building firm during my interval away from my Theatre Design career following a spine surgery.  Today, I will share another event at the same firm during my time there.

If you have been following this blog, by now you may have found I tend to be very courageous, positive, funny, and enthusiastic, all enabling me to make a huge splash in this world with far more height than I came with. 

At the firm was a salesman whose job was to visit prospective business clients looking to build.  Mark's job was also to be up to date on any prime land available for sale.  He too, plunged forth in life with positivity, always embracing a hope for the best.  

Since I could create plans to build my theatre sets with and read architectural plans too, my job with the firm was to paint a three dimensional rendering of what a building would look like so clients unable to understand plans could then visualize their future building. 

The firm was a small one owned by a husband and wife team employing twenty-five men.  Bailee who was our secretary and receptionist and myself were the only other women.  As needed I would help Bailee answer the phone.  

So one day while I was answering the phone during lunch a gentleman called from Michigan.  He was one of the owners of the new car company Acura.  They had been desperately looking everywhere along a specific stretch of road in a very prime location to find land for sale, but after a year still had no luck.  He knew we were a tiny firm but was wondering if there were any chance we could help.

"Why yes, of course we can, Mr. Davidson!" (plunging forth, I dove right in with my positive spirit without the slightest clue if we COULD really help!😂)  "Our salesman Mark, has leads about available property no one else does.  I am quite sure he will know of a piece of land available exactly where you want to build.  And then, we can design your building and even build it for you too.  We do it all."  [me, a Theatre Scene Designer enthusiastically promoting something totally unrelated to art, theatre, or horses!]🤣

"Adelaide, we have called so many firms in the past year yet no one has ever sounded so positive and nice to speak with as you are!  Why I believe your firm really CAN help us!"

"Good!  May I have your phone number?  I will contact Mark as soon as we hang up and have him call you."

As I called Mark I hoped he actually COULD help these people with the huge blazing leap of faith miracle I just promised we would accomplish.  As soon as I told him about the conversation I just had and what all I kind of promised, Mark became incredibly excited. 

"Do you know what, Adelaide?!!  You are SO not going to believe this but just this VERY morning I became aware of something no one else knows about.  The prime piece of property Mr. Davidson has tried to get all this time only JUST became available!  What timing!"

"Mark!  You've got to call him NOW!  Please call me back and let me know what happens?"

"I will!  In the meantime you call the owners in Florida.  Tell them we may have the biggest job this firm has ever had, leading to this and other car dealerships!"

"Got it!"

Several months later after the new dealership was 

built on the exact piece of property that had eluded 

Mr. Davidson and his dealership monopoly, he told a story at the dedication ceremony he had already told many times, honoring both Mark and I.  Told the gathering how desperate they were and how many broken promises they had encountered.  So much negativity.  

Then they call this very tiny little architectural and building firm really not expecting anything but what the hell, call them anyway.  

"So we get this lady with buckets of optimism and this huge, refreshing "can do" spirit.  Then five minutes later I am speaking with Mark with HIS buckets of optimism too, who miraculously just HAPPENS to have available the very piece of land we had been desperately trying to get for over a year!  Just like that these two became OUR miracle!"

And it DID lead to other dealerships being built by the firm for Acura.

They very generously gave Mark and I each a HUGE check to express their gratitude.  For me, having just been in the hospital a very long time learning to walk again the first time, the money especially was needed.  

You never know just how much embracing "buckets of optimism" can make huge splashes beyond your wildest dreams.

So embrace those "buckets of optimism" my dear ones!