As readers will know, I have been in hospital (again) and am now out but feeling pretty low. The news was not the best I could have hoped for, but at least now I understand at least part of how the future will move. And I am now busy making plans on how to overcome changed circumstances.
I guess for all of us things within us and those surrounding us are in a constant ferment of change and, if we are honest, all we can do is to adapt as best we can to new situations. We play “mind-games” with ourselves and focus on the “what if’s” and “yes, but’s” which do bring either a semblance of relief or turn into those blinding glimpses of what we should really do.
My time in hospital afforded me some quiet time to consider and my mind is now fixed on the second part of the above - a blinding glimpse of what I should really do - and have begun the process of “doing” rather than concerning myself with the “what if’s”…..
All of which brings me back to the heading of this piece. It is part of an African proverb which goes:
“Worry is like a rocking chair; it gives you something
to do, but doesn’t actually get you anywhere”
A lovely thought!
Until next time (and not rocking gently),
Peripatetic Scribe
Hi P.S. and welcome back. I guess from your article things were not so good. However, you have made up for it with a super blog which is well worth thinking deeply about. Speak soon.
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ReplyDelete"A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such a speed, it feels an impulsion....this is the place to go now.
But the sky knows the reason and the patterns behind all clouds, and you will know, too, when you lift yourself high enough to see beyond horizons." said Richard Bach
He also said:
"You're going to die a horrible death, remember. It's all good training, and you'll enjoy it more if you keep the facts in mind.
Take your dying with some seriousness, however. Laughing on the way to your execution it not generally understood by less advanced lifeforms, and they'll call you crazy."
I am sure you will win this battle, too, as you have won many others. Looking forward to many new blogs.
Lucana
Hi, Lucana and thanks for the quotes. I enjoy Bach's quotes as I think they can be read on many levels.
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