Below is a reading from my book THE OTHER ROAD AHEAD followed by a comment inspired by the selection.👇
Sometimes I wonder how I get into crazy situations during my work day but other times I know how problems have developed. Either way when I am confronted with a batch of problems or there is an outcropping of seething issues that have been swept under the rug and are now emerging like a swarm of cockroaches the result is the same: my reaction to the plight before me.
Often my days are filled with stuff to do and I have a plan to get things done. Maybe not a formal outline or schedule but certain jobs have to get done in order. I think this is the way it goes for people who are employed by others as well. Okay, all good then boom, something happens and all the plans go sideways. My original intention is out the window but the jobs still need to get done.
Perhaps a crisis welling up from out of nowhere causes panic. A sudden storm âš¡ throws off all my travel plans, my neighbor need some assistance with an emergency, or the power company decides to work on the electric lines turning off the juice without notifying anyone. These things come under the banner "You never know what is going to happen". Wow, out of the blue something upends my planning.
There is another downpour💧of problems that may seem like a spontaneous storm of bad luck that is more insidious. I can bury little difficulties in a shallow grave just beyond my eyesight and the problems are "solved" for the time being. Or I can put off dealing with some nagging annoyance long enough until I forget it thus solving the issue.
Next thing I know the little critters I thought were buried begin to stir and find there way back into my life and about that time my procrastination in another area bears an evil fruit and falls on my plate. Now I am in a panic to solve these problems and address all he other issues that are already stacking up.
Inevitably we overreact into a scramble and "... it just blows up in our face leaving us further behind...". Am I a bad person? Am I a weak person who can't handle problems when they arise? Perhaps I answered my question with he word "person". Yes I am just a human person who is neither perfect nor infallible. Stuff happens and one problem gets obscured by another until they are submerged entirely. I find myself in a seemingly intractable mess. I can fret about it endlessly or simply ask God (whoever I might understand in that way) for some help. It costs nothing and if done earnestly it just might work.
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There seems to be a thread over several of your last posting, a thread of finding peace within a shared space. Thoughtfully written. Thanks.
Nice piece D.S. Life is nothing but a big curve ball And I love the artwork too.