The Path of the Pit
The Fairy Blogmother is on a roll this week. I guess that 's how it is with the creative juices; when they begin to flow get out the keyboard and go with it.
A friend just told me that she spent a great deal of time with an ache in the pit of her stomach from worrying about things. Most of these "things" she felt were situations for which she had no control. Some such issues, she said, were: finding a soul mate and the perfect job, a cure for the common cold, the weather, and an end of her friend's meddling. You can try to solve some of the above, but not to perfection. On that we both agreed. Acknowledge that fact, and you're halfway to settling the stomach pains.
But there is a secondary effect of the angst. I suggested to her my theory that the pain in the pit of her stomach seems to travel as if by magic through the body and up to the face where it expresses itself in a wild-eyed look of fear and/or anger, and the lips form into either a frown or narrow into a severe slit. And this, of course is immediately read by anyone nearby as a danger sign which screams: GET AWAY FROM ME! Body language, the experts tell us is more easily read and calculated than the spoken word. And that truly alienates you from the support you need from other people in stressful times. One of lifes's miserable truths.
My thoughts on the matter are these:
-Don't try to control other people or situations that include other people. You can't.
-Needless worry is bad for you. In fact, I'll bet it even puts weight on your hips.
-Learn to accept things and laugh at life's funny ironies and you'll probably be happier.
-The best things in life happen when you least expect them, so you can't prepare for them, but you should be ready to accept them.
-Enjoy all of the little gifts life has to offer, and express your thanks with a smile.
A friend just told me that she spent a great deal of time with an ache in the pit of her stomach from worrying about things. Most of these "things" she felt were situations for which she had no control. Some such issues, she said, were: finding a soul mate and the perfect job, a cure for the common cold, the weather, and an end of her friend's meddling. You can try to solve some of the above, but not to perfection. On that we both agreed. Acknowledge that fact, and you're halfway to settling the stomach pains.
But there is a secondary effect of the angst. I suggested to her my theory that the pain in the pit of her stomach seems to travel as if by magic through the body and up to the face where it expresses itself in a wild-eyed look of fear and/or anger, and the lips form into either a frown or narrow into a severe slit. And this, of course is immediately read by anyone nearby as a danger sign which screams: GET AWAY FROM ME! Body language, the experts tell us is more easily read and calculated than the spoken word. And that truly alienates you from the support you need from other people in stressful times. One of lifes's miserable truths.
My thoughts on the matter are these:
-Don't try to control other people or situations that include other people. You can't.
-Needless worry is bad for you. In fact, I'll bet it even puts weight on your hips.
-Learn to accept things and laugh at life's funny ironies and you'll probably be happier.
-The best things in life happen when you least expect them, so you can't prepare for them, but you should be ready to accept them.
-Enjoy all of the little gifts life has to offer, and express your thanks with a smile.
posted by Lucy and Annie | 6:37 AM
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