look at these two. living the cushy life getting pushed around costco, enjoying crackers and samples from the old ladies. could life get any better than this? they must be taking my next tidbit to heart...
**go with the flow
to really "go with the flow" requires graceful management of disappointments. disappointment attends the human condition. you hope and dream, but inevitably you can't escape disappointment. within reason, of course, expectations are functional, even vital, providing security and ability to make future plans. but how easily you modify or surrender expectations drastically affects your coping ability. not life, but how much you expect of life is what generates high stress. you may often agitate yourself when expectations don't materialize. as you know, however, the world doesn't turn on your bidding; only by hanging loose can you avoid such upset. make "going with the flow" a lifetime endeavour. relax. spend more time just doing, enjoying, being, and loving and less time evaluating, assessing, analyzing, and interpreting. essentially, at any one moment, you decided whether to enjoy life. you can choose views that are encouraging, energizing, and enhancing or ones that are discouraging, devaluing, and devastating. you can "go with the flow" or not. fortunately, the choice is yours.
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This go with the flow thing is what I have learned most over the last year. I have learned that wanting something more than you want air does not make that thing happen and then you only have two choices.
Ulcer. And go with the flow. I am getting really good at the going part since I don't care for an ulcer.
Sometimes it's hard though........
oh IVY!! She looks big and grown up. Two of the cutest girlies ever!
"Going with the flow"! That is truly life's challenge, isn't it.
Grandma Kathy
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