Choosing
I had the choice of topic today for the Loose Bloggers Consortium, so I chose…..
Choose
What will I choose….
If we were all in the room together and each put our problems or worries in a basket as we entered,
I wonder whose worries we would pick to take home with us?
I think that I would pick my own.
In life we all have our basket of troubles, worries or cares
how we choose to deal with them makes all the difference.
Huddling and hiding, keeps them heavy and cold,
but, talking through and sharing, certainly lightens the load.
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I know that all of you will join me is wishing Ramana a speedy recovery following his Hip surgery last Tuesday. I have just heard from him and he was standing and walking with a walker for the first time today. Soon he will be dancing!
nick said,
September 30, 2011 at 5:15 pm
If only we could write down all our worries, put them in a basket, and kiss them goodbye! And how interesting it might be if we could swop our worries with someone else’s for a day.
Brighid said,
September 30, 2011 at 6:43 pm
I feel so blessed that my worries are few. But then worries are what we choose to make them…
Grannymar said,
September 30, 2011 at 6:48 pm
Nick - Why not whisper them to a tree and let wind blow them away, or tell them to a stone and then flick it across the water of a lake or sea shore.
Brighid - If we stay indoors our problems and worries grow to fill the space, if we go out and about, we meet people with problems far larger than our own.
cathy in NZ said,
September 30, 2011 at 9:03 pm
I probably have some worries tucked away in my archival area of my brain but for now I have none to get in my “way” and that is something to rejoice about…any that surface can be squashed quite easily by realising I have a choice on them.
I choose for it to be the best day today…
Grannymar said,
September 30, 2011 at 9:28 pm
Cathy - I am with you on the now being the best time.
nick said,
September 30, 2011 at 9:30 pm
That’s excellent advice to Brighid. I must bear that in mind when I’m indoors fretting about something.
Grannymar said,
September 30, 2011 at 9:34 pm
Nick - It is my way to deal with worries and it works.
Delirious said,
September 30, 2011 at 10:33 pm
I certainly wouldn’t want anyone else’s trials! I’ll stick with my own, thank you.
kenju said,
October 1, 2011 at 12:35 am
I don’t really want my troubles, but I sure wouldn’t want anyone else’s either!
wisewebwoman said,
October 1, 2011 at 2:13 am
I was taught by an old shaman that worries are:
False
Experiences
Appearing
Real
And I’ve never forgotten it. It is such a waste of energy to worry as very few actually happen.
Best wishes to Ramana!!
XO
WWW
Grannymar said,
October 1, 2011 at 10:39 am
Delirious & Judy - Our own troubles are never as bad as we first think.
WWW - ‘False experiences appearing Real’ I love it, and will use it!
blackwatertown said,
October 2, 2011 at 7:38 pm
Excellent way of putting things into perspective - wouldn’t work for everyone, but useful for many.
Grannymar said,
October 2, 2011 at 9:22 pm
blackwatertown - Somehow, it works for me.