Those Gremlins can be quite sneaky. I was planning a Christmas vacation for the family and those suckers tricked me. They auto-corrected “I rented 2 condominiums for Christmas for the family” to “I rented 2 condoms...”🤦🏻♀️It went to my in-laws🤷🏻♀️
Also, never have I ever sent “What the Duck!” to anyone intentionally.
I wondered about that, but I thought, what the heck--Gail is pushing all boundaries, right? 😂 I can't for the life of me figure out what the word was supposed to be!
“mudita” which appears twice before auto-clobber occurred. Foreign-ish words trip up Siri auto correct for me at times. M became N; so A just had to be Y?🤷🏽
I suspect that mistyping “N” for “M” opened the door for Siri or Alexa to “fix” the rest of the spelling. Many times the corrections by Siri are nonsensical. Nudity? Clothing optional, even for yoga...
Thanks for the “Roy Kent” link. As I’m not a Ted Lasso watcher I’d have scratched my head bald.
I can’t guess if “nudity” appeared as an auto-correct result or merely a Freudian slip. 🙃 Sometimes on my phone, the corrections (misnomer to be sure) don’t appear immediately. Hand grenades, in my book! I’ll look at what’s already been typed and some very incorrect word choice appears! I’m mostly set for auto-proof.
“To error is human, to forgive divine” springs to mind from my upbringing. Lacking wings all my life, without even a hint of wing buds, I’ve committed more than a couple errors. Learning to forgive came much later in life, in small ways.
I learned doing this in AA from working the Steps. Step 8 reads: “Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.” Working the Steps is usually done with help from a sponsor. Mine “suggested” (AA code for “you better do this) I put my own name at the top of the list! That life lesson taught me that self-forgiveness was vital to being able to forgive others.
Last, although first upon reflection would be the rightful place, a delicious bread crumb. Lewis Thomas. Of course, being unfamiliar, off on a search I went. A Harvard educated MD, later Dean of Yale Medical School and NYU School of Medicine. And president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute. And so much more. Some of his writings explored the essence of being human. Books ranged from tracking developments in medicine for 100 years, to living in a nuclear age, to challenges we face as humans. AIDS, drug abuse, aging.
With 50 books to his credit I hope to find one that challenges my world views. And I’ll continue to grrrr about auto-correct. 😬
I appreciate that you call attention to self-forgiveness!
And also that you note: I hope to find a book that challenges my world views!
Early days on Medium... I wrote something questioning if the world would have more peace if the like-minded broke into groups and hung out in silos. Little did I understand back then how interconnected everything in the Universe is... and how diversity strengthens.
I'm ever so grateful for all of my learning, that I can forgive myself for "wrong" thinking, and that I can say... "I was wrong!"
Thanks, Robert. Thankfully, Step 10 (called by some a “maintenance” step) suggests: “Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.” Talk with our sponsor or other confidant. Own our error and take corrective action. Step 11 encourages prayer and meditation as tools to keep our focus on right doings. Charting our day as we begin a new one. Then reviewing how it went before going to bed.
So I do that like clockwork? No. If I really get off the beaten path, I regress toward old ways. If I maintain a goal of living in the moment I sometime see I’m acting like the old Gary. The necessary action is not hard to recall or do.
Gaining humility was a critical step for me. And with that attitude doing whatever my waywardness requires isn’t a struggle. Freeing. Peace of mind. Old dogs are indeed teachable.
Those Gremlins can be quite sneaky. I was planning a Christmas vacation for the family and those suckers tricked me. They auto-corrected “I rented 2 condominiums for Christmas for the family” to “I rented 2 condoms...”🤦🏻♀️It went to my in-laws🤷🏻♀️
Also, never have I ever sent “What the Duck!” to anyone intentionally.
Bwah-ha-ha! The red-faced enjoy company... we don't feel so alone. 😉
I felt so bad for Cal. 😔 I’m an auto-blusher, too.
😂 Rented meaning they were used before?
Oh Karen, this may be the best twist on a twist ever! I almost peed my pants! 😂🤣😂
😂
😂😂😂😂😂🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
I wondered about that, but I thought, what the heck--Gail is pushing all boundaries, right? 😂 I can't for the life of me figure out what the word was supposed to be!
Haha! Thanks for your laugh inducing comment Karen. 🤣
Pushing boundaries -- yes! Yoga in my birthday suit is very low on the priority list!
So what was the word you intended???
Mudita — vicarious joy!
Ah. I like it!
“mudita” which appears twice before auto-clobber occurred. Foreign-ish words trip up Siri auto correct for me at times. M became N; so A just had to be Y?🤷🏽
Good on ya for exposing yourself to light hearted jokes. We all step in it at some point, especially when autocorrect is involved.
Love "exposing" as a word choice. 🤣
Some days I feel like I grew the bananas whose peels I just slipped on...
hahahahaha!
I understand!
To see the engagement on this thread has me pondering 🤔 what resides at the intersection of Muditā AND Nudity? Hmmm? 🤔
Here we go... 🕳️🐇
I imagine that intersection is not G-rated. 😂 What strikes me is how vulnerability--caused by a typo--connects us.
Right? Anybody with a “smart”phone has likely experienced something similar?
I just read a great article on “knowingness” from AEON magazine. Here’s a link if anybody is interested:
https://psyche.co/ideas/our-big-problem-is-not-misinformation-its-knowingness
Interesting article- thanks for the link!
Yes! I eagerly await Bobby Kountz’ rabbit hole revelations.
I suspect that mistyping “N” for “M” opened the door for Siri or Alexa to “fix” the rest of the spelling. Many times the corrections by Siri are nonsensical. Nudity? Clothing optional, even for yoga...
Thanks, Gary. And what is "mudita? Is that a person or a foreign word? I'm completley lost!
Sanskrit language.
It means we celebrate all progress, as one progresses, we all move forward .
Thanks for the enlightenment, Gary!
A borrowed computer told me my last name was a misspelling.
(My own computers not only know me, they autocomplete “Herlocker” after “Herl” — who’s a good computer, yes you are, yes you ARE!)
Suggestion? Not “her locker” but “Sherlock”! Say WHAT?! 🤨
I can hear you sweet talking your computer!
You know that nickname is going to stick now. Right, Sherlock?
Thanks for the “Roy Kent” link. As I’m not a Ted Lasso watcher I’d have scratched my head bald.
I can’t guess if “nudity” appeared as an auto-correct result or merely a Freudian slip. 🙃 Sometimes on my phone, the corrections (misnomer to be sure) don’t appear immediately. Hand grenades, in my book! I’ll look at what’s already been typed and some very incorrect word choice appears! I’m mostly set for auto-proof.
“To error is human, to forgive divine” springs to mind from my upbringing. Lacking wings all my life, without even a hint of wing buds, I’ve committed more than a couple errors. Learning to forgive came much later in life, in small ways.
I learned doing this in AA from working the Steps. Step 8 reads: “Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.” Working the Steps is usually done with help from a sponsor. Mine “suggested” (AA code for “you better do this) I put my own name at the top of the list! That life lesson taught me that self-forgiveness was vital to being able to forgive others.
Last, although first upon reflection would be the rightful place, a delicious bread crumb. Lewis Thomas. Of course, being unfamiliar, off on a search I went. A Harvard educated MD, later Dean of Yale Medical School and NYU School of Medicine. And president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute. And so much more. Some of his writings explored the essence of being human. Books ranged from tracking developments in medicine for 100 years, to living in a nuclear age, to challenges we face as humans. AIDS, drug abuse, aging.
With 50 books to his credit I hope to find one that challenges my world views. And I’ll continue to grrrr about auto-correct. 😬
I appreciate that you call attention to self-forgiveness!
And also that you note: I hope to find a book that challenges my world views!
Early days on Medium... I wrote something questioning if the world would have more peace if the like-minded broke into groups and hung out in silos. Little did I understand back then how interconnected everything in the Universe is... and how diversity strengthens.
I'm ever so grateful for all of my learning, that I can forgive myself for "wrong" thinking, and that I can say... "I was wrong!"
Years ago Judy Collins sang a wonderful version of ‘Tis The Gift
‘Tis the gift to be simple; ‘tis the gift to be free;
‘Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be.
A sweet, important message for living among folks of the world.
Love this Gary:
“I put my own name at the top of the list!”
I know I’ve found I’m way more:
-Understanding
-Realistic
-Forgiving
-Accepting
of others than of myself.
I also find that -- just as you note -- relieving myself of that burden opens things wide open in terms of engagements with others.
Do you find self-forgiveness became a regular thing for you? Or was it more like after having done it you no longer accumulated “it” at all?
Thanks, Robert. Thankfully, Step 10 (called by some a “maintenance” step) suggests: “Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.” Talk with our sponsor or other confidant. Own our error and take corrective action. Step 11 encourages prayer and meditation as tools to keep our focus on right doings. Charting our day as we begin a new one. Then reviewing how it went before going to bed.
So I do that like clockwork? No. If I really get off the beaten path, I regress toward old ways. If I maintain a goal of living in the moment I sometime see I’m acting like the old Gary. The necessary action is not hard to recall or do.
Gaining humility was a critical step for me. And with that attitude doing whatever my waywardness requires isn’t a struggle. Freeing. Peace of mind. Old dogs are indeed teachable.