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Whistling In The Dark
I’m having a wonderful time but I’d rather be whistling in the dark – They Might Be Giants In the face of something truly daunting, sometimes whistling in the dark is the only way to keep moving forward. To pretend that we’re not facing the impossible or at least the improbable. To project that the challenge we face is, in fact, no challenge at all. When will we be ready to take action? When we are ready. For an impatient person, ready doesn’t often come as quickly as the desire for change. (whistling) When will you be ready to speak your truth? Present your idea? Drop the habit? Looking in the rearview, we can see…
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There I Am Again
Often, one of the consequences of a heart attack is a low-fat diet. This has proven true in my household. As a result of actually following his doctors’ orders, my husband has lost 15+ pounds. To give him full credit, it was 17.5 pounds in four weeks. Now you might think I would be delighted in his progress. It’s a logical assumption. And I am truly grateful he has taken his recovery program to heart (as it were). But over the last few weeks, as the pounds continued to drop off, I began to get irritated. There is a part of me that liked being the leaner one in the relationship. Almost as…
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What Would The Hulk Do?
The Hulk always wins. Whether the challenge is facing a super villain or answering the question, who is your favorite superhero? In my book, The Hulk always wins. But, would Dr. Bruce (David) Banner agree? One of the reasons I have long appreciated the Hulk is that his “human” struggles are obvious and visceral. We may wrestle internally with anger or struggle to express our feelings appropriately showing only a flicker of frustration through a clenched jaw or closing a kitchen drawer with a bit too much force. The green guy has virtually no self-control. He always goes for the SMASH! There are few better illustrations of the effect of anger on us that Banner and…
