August 17, 2016

  • Looking Under the Sea

    The sleeping tentacles float
    In the shadow of the passing boat
    With sudden startle a squirt of ink
    Octopus to ocean sand will sink
    Mottled mantle blends unseen
    Motion stilled remains serene

    This is for the Laziest Summer Scavenger Hunt using prompt #70 - octopus. I present a little poem with rhyming couplets. Not everyone has the ability to switch from startle mode to calm in as short of time as the octopus. I'm pretty calm in the face of sudden emergencies. Unless of course it involves a spider. The small disasters that occur daily I can take in stride. Even big problems can be met with a deep breath and a steady hand. I try not to waste energy on things that cannot be changed or will have no lasting detrimental effects on me. That effectively eliminates about 95% of the worry. This week I let go of the worry of a new computer application I'm going to have to use. Have you tried to give up the worry about things which you can not effect change?

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  • I try all the time, but I'm not always successful.

    • I've honed that skill. You might recall a certain snow drift and ditch... Anyway that calm has been a big help during training sessions! Small successes lay the foundation for larger ones!!

  • I have tried, but I'm not very good at it. Especially when it comes to problems of my adult children.

  • I admit, I'm a bit of a worrier. I worry about other people in traffic though I cannot make them all drive safely, about my sons' safety though I won't be with them most of the time,, about possible impending destruction from hurricanes at certain times of year, etc.
    I also sometimes worry a bit when I first enter a theater now a days, especially if it's opening night for an action flick, but then I decide if I can bear that concern until distractedly engrossed in the movie, or do I choose to go another night.
    Sometimes worry can lead to action, which may or may not be protective, but helps one's frame of mind. We all have a bit of a fight or flight instinct in us. We deal with things as they are presented, or get out.

    • I never worry about attending movies. Then again there aren't too many movies I watch in the theater! Even in situations where we have no control, if we are able to make choices (even small inconsequential ones) we are able to handle the stress. I choose to let go!

  • I used to be so good and take the challenge and do the SH. But it seems like I just don't have the energy for it anymore.

    • I like to do them even if I don't post them on WordPress where Leah can read them. It keeps my mind nimble! When I write haiku that's when I'm being lazy!

  • I've been quite amazed at how I was able to cope with the totaled car last month (and the bump to my new car when somebody backed out of a parking space into the door!). The nerves definitely kicked in, but then I was able to calm myself and do what needed to be done.

    • What a string of bad luck! I hate when you get the first ding in a new car. I'm guessing it was more than a ding!! Glad you weren't hurt and that the car is fixable.

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