Notes:
- Post Title: Melody Beattie from Short Blog, Long Walk: “I’m grateful. I’m just not sure what for yet. Plod. Plod. Plod. Sometimes that’s what we’ve got to do. It’s not forever. It’s just for right now.“
- Photo by Gleb Garanich (wsj.com September 28, 2018). A monkey performs at a circus in Kiev, Ukraine.
sometimes it’s good to stop the beat.
Ha!
Chop wood, carry water. Plod. Plod. 🙃
That’s it!
More than a thousand years ago a Chinese Zen Master wrote:
Magical Power, Marvelous Action!
Chopping Wood, Carrying Water…
…thanks for the reminder, shamanism1
Wow a thousand years! Wisdom has no timeframe. 🙏🏻
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Always bringing a smile to my face when I need it most!
Quite a talent … the monkey!!
Yes!
This is my theme song at the moment. Have hit a bit of a rough patch with the move and just need to get through it….
Smiling. Yes, yes you will.
Smiling…
Love this, and Beaty’s blog.
Yep!
Clicked on the link because of you, Sawsan…
Great blog post. These things seem to pop up just when we need ’em…
I’m not familiar with her blog.
But this post of hers is timely.
And this is why we love Live & Learn,
The man behind it adorns it with little precious gems ❤
I am not familiar with her writings at all – never much got into self-help books…
However, I agree with you. This post is most timely for me too.
Yes, it is why we love David – he is the gem.
Nicest thing anyone has said to me today. (This week? MONTH?….)
Then I’ll just keep saying it, how about that?
That works!
He is Nacre 😉
Ha!
Awwwwww…..
The monkey photo is perfect accompaniment to Melody’s blog issues…don’t give up… through all the insanity…that appears first outside, then demands that we heal inside.
So true Valerie. It does align with her drumbeat! (No pun intended)
I’m often like that – not in an earth shattering context like Melody Beattie but in my own little world crashing around my ears. But I’m still hopelessly grateful (I call it thankful but like actually grateful just as much – is there a fine difference I can’t grasp?)….
The ‘banging’ monkey is just the ticket to those words…. I could actually think of a few ‘banging-on monkeys’ right now!
Laughing. Me too!
Plod, plod, plod. Sometimes it does feel like you’re plodding forever and making little headway. Till you stop, look back and see just how far you’ve come.
So true. Look at you. At philosopher!
What can I say? I let loose once in a while!!
Exactly, Dale. Don’t look at the whole journey ahead. Just look at the next step.
Hit one beat. Then another. Then another. Then another. And pretty soon, you’ve banged out a nice rhythm for a song. This reminds me of something I just saw in the movie “The Martian” which was a decent film produced off a great book. I plan to post something in that regard and I’ll let you know when it’s up. Cheers!
Look forward to it John.