This was just given to me....

....A brilliant analogy -

 

A psychologist walked around a room while teaching stress management to an audience. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they'd be asked the "half empty or half full" question. Instead, with a smile on her face, she inquired: "How heavy is this glass of water?"

Answers called out ranged from 18g to 35g.

She replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my arm. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb and paralysed. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn't change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes."

She continued, "The stresses and worries in life are like that glass of water. Think about them for a while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and they begin to hurt. And if you think about them all day long, you will feel paralysed – incapable of doing anything."

Remember to put the glass down.

Here's one of those....

....different posts to keep you all up-to-date. Yesterday.  I didn't see the surgeon, but one of his registrars.  There was no record on file of my meeting with the medical team over a month ago.  Anyway, to cut a long story short - even though my top wound hasn't 'skinned over properly', surgically all is far better than they had hoped.  I've been discharged from the surgical team.  In any future meeting of all 'experts' - one is due shortly - the surgical group would try to resist any suggestion of further surgery.  In his words - you've had a lot removed already, any more and it wouldn't be safe.  The clock ticks....but I'm not due to see anyone again until October.

 

 

And so the saga continues, and all the while AP stays by my side with a 'you can't get me' attitude. 

 

But, no matter what cross we have to bear, if we allow ourselves to wallow in self pity nothing we do will be of much worth.  Not to mention that it's a tad selfish. 

Seemingly, somone once designed.....

.....a special suit that was designed to keep you dry while you were having a bath. (Probably got paid a lot of money, and went into politics.) It sounds like a great idea until you stop to think about it. There is, of course, a world of difference between a nearly useful invention and a really useful invention.

 

 

Do you have a plan that sounds very convincing, appropriate and wise. But does it contain a fundamental flaw? If you can't see one, invite someone else to criticise it. There is nothing wrong with a little cautious cynicism.