One of my earliest young adult memories was considering the craziness of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, the nuclear arms race, and the strategic military/political policy of “mutually assured destruction.” Indeed, that conflict was the main reason my college degree was in Comparative Politics and History. Thanks to Mikhail …
Month: August 2022
Sleep The Escape
Several times in my life, maybe much of my life, I’ved used sleep as an escape. It allows me to suspend the struggle, the anxiety, the effort. But even as I love to sleep, especially in periods of particular struggle and change, my very being, deep down, pushes me back out, Out of the darkness …
Following Instructions
We learn to follow instructions at a young age. It’s how we learn most everything: some one shows us how. I recall building model airplanes as a kid. I remember looking at the bag of parts, the instruction sheet, and thinking, “This seems hard.” Going step by step wasn’t easy for me. Reading the instructions …
Bonus Post, Gratitude
When good things happen share the gratitude like, Pancakes and waffles coming together promptly this morning for Sunday kids’ breakfast; My bro giving me a ride to pick up my car at the shop this morning; Quick stop at the grocery to buy a few things went smooth, got what we needed; My home plumbing …
Cheer Them On!
Hmm, cheer them on…! Just who exactly are we to cheer on…? Well just about anyone, I’d say. Friends, co-workers, our kids, our kids’ classmates, teammates, anyone who needs a boost… And after all, who doesn’t need a pick-me-up now and then? Who doesn’t benefit from some positive energy…? Exactly every one does, so lay …
Everything Its Place
My house is a sort of clutter fest on low simmer. There are paper piles in most every room. Not overly obtrusive, they sit quietly on sides, corners. Clothes are similar, if fewer in number. A small stack folded, or a rumpled pile on the floor after a quick change. Living with three kids adds …
First Thoughts
First thoughts as the day’s underway. Mind coming out of sleep mode, dreams clear, body out of sleep. Stretching, blood begins more active to flow. Since of the day and tasks ahead rush in, list quickly forming; immediate and long-term,; yawning, mote stretching legs, arms. It’s now that all the wonder of my particular self …
Easy
Freestyle, long list, oh boy, Freestyle, long list, oh boy, Pause, deep breath repeat, Deep breath repeat, Going through the motions in motion, Easy does it, ease into the day, Day ahead, sun’s coming up, ease into it, ease on down the road, We may not have control over it all, but we have total …
Adapt
Learn to adapt and you will thrive. At work, with supply chain issues and resource constraints, At home with kids growing up, not enough time, too much to do, As the Stoics say, often we can’t control what happens, but we can always control how we respond, Learn To Adapt, GOOD.
Pattern Recognition
Patterns tell the story, show the way, Doubt, guilt, uncertainty, all crashing together, predawn usually, piling up to a crescendo, forming a wall I climb over again and again, Thus the day begins, most everyday, A lifetime of climbing, up up, slip, up, slip slip, up up up… Not sure why, not sure what, but …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 