Today I thought I would hook up a new plug for my shed. It was an easy job. The wire was already there. All I had to do was put in a new electrical box, strip the wire, feed it into the box and hook it up to a wall plug and put everything back together. Got it all done, plugged in my little grinder and nothing happened. Took the plug apart to make sure I hadn't made a wire connection mistake. Wasn't that. Followed the wire to the switch on the wall and decided to take the cover off the switch and see it everything was connected. Wasn't that. Noticed that the wire went into an outside light box and continued on to the switch. After trying to read the lettering on the sensor light for 10 minutes, finally decided to take the light box apart. Found out the wires went into the box, however, they were not connected to make the circuit complete. Hooked up the wires, taped them and put everything back together. Eureka, finally it worked. I put everything back together and now I have a working plug outlet inside my shed. Thought it would be easy/peasy but it was a lot more complicated than I thought.
How often is life like that? You think you have the solution and it seems so obvious. You hook up the wires and nothing happens. The solution you had was incomplete. After some deeper investigation you find out that there is a lot more to do. Don't assume that it will be easy and simple. Sometimes it requires more work than you planned in the beginning. Be ready for the unexpected - it will usually come. The unexpected is another opportunity to learn and grow. Don't expect the easy way - be ready for anything.
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