1. HARD TRUTH: Problems exist. They can weigh you down, make you feel like you can't walk or run or be graceful to others you encounter in your life--the employee at the CVS pharmacy, the cashier at Kings. Like today, when Figgy had a painful eye infection and it took me 45 minutes to find the eye care center in a nearby town. I've been there before, but mounting stress, even panic, did me in. I stopped and asked three people before we finally arrived, almost 45 minutes late. I regret my behavior in the car: cursing, yelling, feeling on the verge of road rage, saying terrible things. That's not me. I am not proud.
Soft Landing: When you lose your cool, you're pretty much only hurting yourself and anyone else with you. It is better to be graceful. Even if you have to dig deep down to access such grace and beauty. People dive for pearls, don't they?
2. HARD TRUTH: You can't be all things to all people.
Soft Landing: You can triage, like nurses and doctors do, taking the most serious cases first.
[Per wikipedia: Triage is the process of determining the priority of patients' treatments based on the severity of their condition. This rations patient treatment efficiently when resources are insufficient for all to be treated immediately. The term comes from the French verb trier, meaning to separate, sort, sift or select.]
3. HARD TRUTH: Life, and winter, can be icy and cold--limiting.
Soft Landing: Underneath all that snow are the special tulip bulbs you planted with the lovely young girl next-door--in her garden and yours. They store up their magic in those papery packages, waiting until the thick, frigid blanket is gone. Then: amazing grace. Slender green stems that hold their heads high--ruffly petals, classic yellows, Dutch reds.
Soft Landing: When you lose your cool, you're pretty much only hurting yourself and anyone else with you. It is better to be graceful. Even if you have to dig deep down to access such grace and beauty. People dive for pearls, don't they?
2. HARD TRUTH: You can't be all things to all people.
Soft Landing: You can triage, like nurses and doctors do, taking the most serious cases first.
[Per wikipedia: Triage is the process of determining the priority of patients' treatments based on the severity of their condition. This rations patient treatment efficiently when resources are insufficient for all to be treated immediately. The term comes from the French verb trier, meaning to separate, sort, sift or select.]
3. HARD TRUTH: Life, and winter, can be icy and cold--limiting.
Soft Landing: Underneath all that snow are the special tulip bulbs you planted with the lovely young girl next-door--in her garden and yours. They store up their magic in those papery packages, waiting until the thick, frigid blanket is gone. Then: amazing grace. Slender green stems that hold their heads high--ruffly petals, classic yellows, Dutch reds.
Good night. May your pillow be soft beneath your head.
All true. Insightful reminders for things we already know but are easily lost day to day. I always like your "Hard Truths & Soft Landings" posts.
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thanks Lin :)
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