crossroad
Urania ran her index over February twenty twenty-two’s squares. Last year’s page was annotated with penciled doctor’s appointments, scans, and tests.
“Looking back is faaaaasssss-innn-ate-ing — fun even!” Thalia shaded swirls on a sketched soft-serve cone that would complement the story of their first oncologist visit on two — twenty-one — twenty-two. “That’s when we found out Dr. S loves ice cream as much as we do — AND — he said we could eat it for breakfast if we wanted!”
“Mhhhmmm…” Calliope remembered phrases like: goal of treatment = cure and what caused this invader to enter = dumb luck. “It’s also the day we resolved to move forward with an attitude of trust and thankfulness… instead of the evil twins worry and complaint.”
“A choice that has served us well.” Nia puzzled over a ticklish scanner that refused to scan this morning. “Keep going.”
Whatever you face, whining about it won’t help.
Do what you can to deal with it, and then let it go.
Adapt to conditions and stop wishing conditions would adapt to you.
They won’t.
~ Excerpt from Dharma Road by Brian Haycock
crossroad
I’m honored to have a ringside seat with this community to have witnessed your “transformative wisdom” and how you fended off the invasion by wielding trust and thankfulness. Creator and magician?
While you exhibited some of Churchill’s advice (When you find yourself walking through hell, keep walking), the positive actions and thinking you exhibited were crucial. In sustaining all your creative endeavors as well as providing new avenues to explore.
While this may not be an “anniversary” many would celebrate, that you are doing just that should come as no surprise to this community. Happy Creating!
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” ― George Bernard Shaw 🤔
Thought of this when I saw the Haycock quote... which seems very reasonable, and basically how I have gotten along through my life. 😊 But I also gave up any pretense at progress, preferring pleasantness instead. I think Elwood P. Dowd would approve.