Thanks, Gail. I remember a time when I could awfulize about anything, turning occurrences into screaming negatives. These days? Not so much. A work in progress.
“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” ~Epictetus
“Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don’t have to like it… it’s just easier if you do.”
I like the answer to “Why do you paint?” A few years ago Jackson Browne offered this exhortation in the lyric: “Don’t let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy!” So he wrote songs and played them.
Cal seems to be answering the “why do you paint” question by noting the quietness. Hard to argue with that!
Danielle LaPorte seems to have penned your job description! Longfellow’s “Learn to labor and to wait” conjures an image of a surfer waiting for good waves. 😉
“We might lose or we might win, but we’ll never be here again..” (?)!!!
The surfer… has built the necessary skills?
I have been reading notes from books that I’ e read over the years. Yesterday I came across a quote from Abe Lincoln… I will prepare and get ready and someday my chance will come. (Paraphrasing)
We’ll never be here again. This moment/living in the present.
The surfer. Immersed in Nature; taking signals from what is happening; responding to current situations. (I saw you as the surfer in this instance. Paddle boards can come to feel like training wheels on a child’s first bike!) Please know I’m pulling your leg. Well, maybe just your great toe. 😉 You’re awesome!
Abe? Pretty great in many respects! A good time for a listen to “Abraham, Martin, and John.” Dion performed the song, then Marvin Gaye’s a bit later. Ignore the lyric that says, “But it seems the good die young.” The intent was for emotional impact.
I’m adept at finding a mis-typed letter that greatly alters the message. I had noted you have a lot of miles left on your tires. Now I see “mikes” and I’m wondering “microphones” or “Mike and the Mechanics.” Now that I’m on the same page I agree wholeheartedly!
Now if I just could find the story about women wearing witches’ hats while paddle boarding. NYT? 😉 A no wake zone would help that cause as well.
A note from LoveLetterist:
I've been thinking about this business of good/bad, right/wrong, positive/negative, light/shadow, yin... yang.
Where I sit today is... whatever falls into our laps is not as important as what we do with it.
🤔
Thanks, Gail. I remember a time when I could awfulize about anything, turning occurrences into screaming negatives. These days? Not so much. A work in progress.
Aren’t we all?! 😁
You and the girls are in good company...
“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” ~Epictetus
“Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don’t have to like it… it’s just easier if you do.”
~Byron Katie
It’s just easier if you do…👍🏻
Thank you for this Gail. A daily practice to quiet the internal noise...why I run outdoors. I love your paintings.
I like the answer to “Why do you paint?” A few years ago Jackson Browne offered this exhortation in the lyric: “Don’t let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy!” So he wrote songs and played them.
Cal seems to be answering the “why do you paint” question by noting the quietness. Hard to argue with that!
Danielle LaPorte seems to have penned your job description! Longfellow’s “Learn to labor and to wait” conjures an image of a surfer waiting for good waves. 😉
From memory…
“We might lose or we might win, but we’ll never be here again..” (?)!!!
The surfer… has built the necessary skills?
I have been reading notes from books that I’ e read over the years. Yesterday I came across a quote from Abe Lincoln… I will prepare and get ready and someday my chance will come. (Paraphrasing)
We’ll never be here again. This moment/living in the present.
The surfer. Immersed in Nature; taking signals from what is happening; responding to current situations. (I saw you as the surfer in this instance. Paddle boards can come to feel like training wheels on a child’s first bike!) Please know I’m pulling your leg. Well, maybe just your great toe. 😉 You’re awesome!
Abe? Pretty great in many respects! A good time for a listen to “Abraham, Martin, and John.” Dion performed the song, then Marvin Gaye’s a bit later. Ignore the lyric that says, “But it seems the good die young.” The intent was for emotional impact.
You have a lot of miles left on your tires. 🤭
My paddleboard surfing happens when a pontoon boat putters past and creates a small wake. If there’s a speedboat, I drop to my knees. 😁
Emotional impact… artistic license. I get it! Sometimes we gotta pump it up a notch.
Good news about the mikes cuz I’m just finding my strut. 😂
I’m adept at finding a mis-typed letter that greatly alters the message. I had noted you have a lot of miles left on your tires. Now I see “mikes” and I’m wondering “microphones” or “Mike and the Mechanics.” Now that I’m on the same page I agree wholeheartedly!
Now if I just could find the story about women wearing witches’ hats while paddle boarding. NYT? 😉 A no wake zone would help that cause as well.
That’s fantastic because I am adept at mis-typing letters! A match made in heaven!
Now off to read that story!