07 November 2024

Don’t Have the Words


 So, lucky me, today of all days is my turn in the rotation, and gotta be honest, folks. I’m having trouble finding the words.

Any words.

Lots going on in BrianWorld, and to top it off I’m one of the folks none too thrilled about the outcome of the Big Event yesterday.

Not gonna talk about it. I’m not mad at anyone about the outcome. You win some, you lose some. Besides, someone a whole lot wiser than me famously said, “the failure is not in the fall, but in the not getting up.”

Today, I got up. 

No more anxiety with the potential outcome hanging over our collective heads like the proverbial sword of Damocles. No more dread. No more uncertainty.

Instead I feel blessed with a clearer vision of what lies ahead for myself, my family, and my friends. And I immediately began to take steps to realize the new goals-both short and long-term-I’d already set for myself, and which had been buried and shunted aside by the creeping dread of the feared potential outcome.

So that’s “What next?”

Huh. Whadaya know?

I guess maybe I do have the words after all.

And now if you’ll pardon me, I’ve got stuff to do.

See you in two weeks!


11 comments:

  1. Fear not. I have the words. I have lots of words.

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  2. I am "none too thrilled" because neither candidate was acceptable. At least I didn't have to worry about being surprised. It's pretty interesting, however, how all the Leftists who were going on and on about "election denial" are suddenly denying the election. The hypocrisy is mind-boggling.

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  3. I just keep repeating the Serenity Prayer: "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."

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    1. Thanks for the reminder, Beth!

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  4. And, who knows. Maybe the trains will run on time.

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  5. Elizabeth Dearborn07 November, 2024 13:01

    I wonder if we're living in the bizarro world now! Three days ago I was absolutely sure I'd live in this house the rest of my life. Been here 20 years already! But now, if I had a chance to leave the country, I'd think about it very seriously. I'm just trying not to think about the political situation.

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    1. We've been living in Bizarro World for (at least) the past four years. Why should now be any different? (Be careful what you wish for. A fair number of what some people think of "advanced" countries are great at strongly, repeatedly, endlessly encouraging aging people to "choose" to die. Just something to be aware of.)

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    2. Kell, I find that troublesome too.

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  6. In the spirit of Eve and others, I keep thinking of a Biblical quotation.

    Forgive them, Father. They know not what they do.

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