Monday, July 17, 2023
Yesterday, in the hot weather, I was outside and trying to weed but barely progressing because Miles kept close, repeatedly dropping his ball at my feet. The intense heat slowing my physical efforts had me wanting to resist stooping, picking up, and tossing the ball. His inherent Border Collie persistence consistently overwhelmed my resisting attempts. Good dog!
Yesterday, for the first time in my part-time job, I was assigned to the store’s closing hours of three to eight p.m. After combating the heat and doing that weeding, in preparing for working at my job, I decided to pep my spirits by wearing a favorite, long-unused bracelet adorned with pretty stones.
I’m discovering the uplifting qualities of wearing some sort of “spirit item.”
Halfway through my shift, I glanced at the bracelet and saw missing one of its turquoise stones, leaving a potentially unfixable gap. For a while, I mentally kicked myself for wearing that bracelet to work where my hands and arms often move rapidly. Before long, however, I managed to put the situation into a better perspective. After all, it’s just a bracelet, maybe repairable, and it had lifted my spirits about going to a workplace after my earlier tiring day.
The other reminder from Miles was patience. I paused to think through the “bracelet event,” and that reduced my self-anger about the situation.
Going forward, similar to Miles and his ball, I will be persistent and identify for each key activity at least one spark that adds pleasure to getting up and going out.
Dear Friends: It’s good to self-reflect and refresh life’s little things. Diana
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