Beverly D. Flaxington
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Birthday Musings: Life Is Learning
Seven practical insights.
Posted November 6, 2020
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6. Find joy.
It’s so easy to get down and out about what you don’t have. Things have changed dramatically in the world and in each of our lives these last few months. Dealing with isolation, sickness, loss of a job, or worry about how to pay the rent seems to permeate everywhere. These are real issues and they need attention and support, but even in the midst of the darkest days, there is joy to be found.
Are you breathing? Does your physical body work reasonably well to get done what you need to? Do you have even one reliable friend? Are you able to walk outside and feel the breeze, smell the air, and watch a bird fly? Joy is the emotion that comes quickly and often fleetingly, but in the midst of turmoil, it’s worth trying to glimpse it as often as you can.
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Well, I’m not sure about any of the other 6 but I guess “Find joy” where ever you are and when ever you can is a good one.
In retrospect, it’s all too easy to see all of our “mistakes”. But like they say “hindsight is 20/20”.
“That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen” — Frédéric Bastiat
We can’t see what might have been.
“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness, that is life.” – Jean-Luc Picard
“… checked the Eternal Possibilities Machine, which generates all the possibilities for use in creating the alternative worlds. In all those probability lines …” CHURCH 10●19●62 (Vol 1) 978-0-557-08387-9 page 45
Laugh!
One can only remember that at the time, you made a decision — consciously or unconsciously — it was the “best choice” you could see at the time.
So there are no “mistakes”; only choices that worked out badly then as judged now.
Sigh!
So the philosophy going forward is “carpe diem” and don’t look back except for heuristics (“rules of thumb”) that can be useful in the future. For example, don’t kiss metal poles in the winter. Laugh!
Argh!
Ahh time is the thief that steals our life.
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