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Friday, July 13, 2012

STAYING COOL

     We can nudge people into seeing that they are taking themselves too seriously, and be nudged in the same way by others. A gentle tease and a loving smile go a long way towards relaxing what is up-tight and rigid: a reminder that nothing is worth losing our humor over, or losing our cool.
      Life happens. Sometimes it's inconvenient. Sometimes it's expensive. Sometimes it's inopportune. But what are we going to do? Being grouchy changes nothing. We have to learn to roll with the punches and body surf the waves. If we fight them, they batter us. If we go with the flow, we are carried and sustained.

I move with the tides. I keep my sense of humor and allow for the mutability of life.