April 11, 2017
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Looking to Live in the Moment
The degree of restraint required depends
Upon the resistance felt
Remain relatively immobile
There is better recovery
Take measures to prevent errors
Deliberately limited
Release the negative
Some are frightened by the sound
Disconnection and reconnection
Can be visualized
Have more control
Respect the feelingsWhen chaos swirls around you it is sometimes all you can do to hold your ground. Trying to maintain your own inner calm is a struggle and it is real. I know that giving in to the emotional tidal wave will result in being swept out to sea. So my modus operandi remains that of distancing myself from their drama, focusing on doing my job well, keeping a positive attitude, and most importantly exposing myself to the chaos in small doses to prevent it from knocking me off my course. I am often the "Mother Thing" where I have to enforce the rules and at the same time remain the sounding board and sympathetic ear. It is a difficult balancing act and I have to choose my words carefully and remain neutral in their conflicts.
The above poem is a cento. A cento is a work composed of lines/passages/verses taken from other authors but written in a new form or order. All the lines above were taken from the third edition of the "Manual of Clinical Procedures in Dogs, Cats, Rabbits, & Rodents" by Steven Crow, Sally Walshaw, and Jennifer Boyle. I know that most poets use this form to glean lines from poetry but this was the text I had at hand and I figured there were plenty of good lines to be had!