Relaxation in another.
I'm not going anywhere, it's raining.
It has been an intense couple of weeks for me at work. Lots of challenges, some solutions, and a bit of unadulterated opinion-giving by me.
Recognizing a tightness in me that has come from all of it and a dear need for me to breathe out, and let it go.
I love working with people and the challenges they present in them or in me. I genuinely enjoy the dance of personality clashes and tiring work to come to a solution.
I have trained myself to accept stress as a positive endeavor, one that is a natural part of change and growth.
I see my own flaws in the flaws of other people.
Let us be a mirror for each other, in work or in play.
Sometimes it can be tiring to be aware of it all at the same time 😅. Your faults, my faults, our collective suffering.
It would almost be easier to just be aware of your faults and sit here in happiness eating my ice cream cone, feeling vindicated that you are a problem but I am good to go.
I can't do that though, because fortunately/unfortunately I had a bit of an awakening early on in life, and I've been on the path of self awareness ever since.
I started reading an interesting book this week that I picked up from Gardeners, “If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him” by Sheldon B. Kopp.
One excerpt I found particularly truth bearing:
We have to take it all in, to enjoy the full experience.
But it do be hard. It's not fun or easy to recognize and accept your negative parts but in doing so, you help other people accept theirs, and you're more accepting and in touch with the fact that we are all just people trying to make sense out of what we can and do the best we can.
Ok, now time to decompress.