Hi Muses plus Typist! Did Henny have a great outing? Why have you already been up for hours??
Reader tries unsuccessfully to ignore Nia’s proposed subterfuge. I didn’t think a stickler for details would blithely bend a rule.😮 😬 Shows ya what I know.🤷🏽
I’ve been up since 6:05 and have yet to bend any rules! 👼🏻 That’s just one of the stories I’m telling myself on this fine day.
“...save face and avoid fallibility...” Wow! Would I ever do that? A friend used to say, “I thought I was a perfectionist but that took too much effort. I realized I just wanted to look like a perfectionist.” Perhaps Nia wanted to avoid the appearance of fallibility? “Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.” Sir Walter Scott.
The 10th Step of the AA program of recovery says, “We continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.” 🤔 There doesn’t seem to be a provision for taking Nia’s inventory! Sorry, Nia. 😔
Fun fact: “mark twain” was a measure of water depth (two fathoms) signifying safe passage for river boats. Can you fathom that?
On rule breaking (rules are made to be broken) both Twain and Thoreau spoke to a life of personal freedom. In the old South, for example, homes were taxed in part on the number of rooms. Including closets. So home owners bought armoires which were not considered rooms. 😬
Today the hoots and hollers about personal freedom overlook Twain? Instead they fly rattlesnake flags emblazoned with “Don’t Tread On Me” Trampled by snakes. I lean toward being a Twainer; no rattlesnakes.
Hi Muses plus Typist! Did Henny have a great outing? Why have you already been up for hours??
Reader tries unsuccessfully to ignore Nia’s proposed subterfuge. I didn’t think a stickler for details would blithely bend a rule.😮 😬 Shows ya what I know.🤷🏽
I’ve been up since 6:05 and have yet to bend any rules! 👼🏻 That’s just one of the stories I’m telling myself on this fine day.
“...save face and avoid fallibility...” Wow! Would I ever do that? A friend used to say, “I thought I was a perfectionist but that took too much effort. I realized I just wanted to look like a perfectionist.” Perhaps Nia wanted to avoid the appearance of fallibility? “Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.” Sir Walter Scott.
The 10th Step of the AA program of recovery says, “We continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.” 🤔 There doesn’t seem to be a provision for taking Nia’s inventory! Sorry, Nia. 😔
Nia's been reading Mark Twain and his words are bringing out the rule breaker in her?
Today's musing made us smile. No regrets!
Fun fact: “mark twain” was a measure of water depth (two fathoms) signifying safe passage for river boats. Can you fathom that?
On rule breaking (rules are made to be broken) both Twain and Thoreau spoke to a life of personal freedom. In the old South, for example, homes were taxed in part on the number of rooms. Including closets. So home owners bought armoires which were not considered rooms. 😬
Today the hoots and hollers about personal freedom overlook Twain? Instead they fly rattlesnake flags emblazoned with “Don’t Tread On Me” Trampled by snakes. I lean toward being a Twainer; no rattlesnakes.
Mark Twain Muses!
“What story are you telling yourself?”
~Typist
Answering this one question in multiple areas of our lives could be the difference between embracing change and remaining the same.
It’s the story we tell ourselves about things that determines almost everything...
Often, it’s just the first part of the phrase that sets the tone for whatever comes next...
I always... I never... I am... I believe... I think...
Here are some others...
I wonder... What if? Up until now... Now that I know... I am so grateful now that I... Just for today...
What story will YOU write today? What ending will you give it?
“When writing the story of your life, don’t let anyone else hold the pen.” ~Harley Davidson. 
Love the quote! Thanks.
Button: “A yawn is a silent scream for coffee.” 😁
If you've been up since oh-dark-thirty, you must have had a BUNCH of silent screams by now!
Ha! Maybe a few. 😉
Regarding coffee ☕️
Coffee: noun.
1. liquid that smells like fresh ground heaven.
Or…
Bad day? Coffee
Good day? Coffee
Stressed? Coffee
Happy? Coffee
Inspired? Coffee
Coffee? Coffee
Love the button! I would wear it!