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My new saying is..."I just don't have the bandwidth to deal with this right now or discuss this or care."
And I've been asking myself this as well - when I see things that annoy me.
"Do I have the bandwidth?" If no, I walk on or scroll on by.
I've checked in and got my boarding pass on my phone. I've called and reserved a car service for Monday morning at 4:15 am to get to the airport at the allotted time. Now, I just have to pack and ensure I get up in plenty of time.
My father used to say..."Don't sweat the un-controlllables." Then he'd go into a lengthy story about being stuck in an airport in the middle of a blizzard, and having to get to a meeting somewhere in Diluth, Iowa, and he was stuck in the airport with a fellow consultant who was fretting about renting a car and maybe driving there. And my father looks at the consultant and states, "so, are you going to kill yourself driving to a meeting or just wait here - for the storm to clear? We'll get there eventually, the meeting will happen. Don't sweat the things you can't control." He told me this story - when I was fretting about some sort of travel - be it from Hilton Head to NYC, or Fire Island to NYC or wherever I was headed at the time.
There are so many things in this life that we have no control over. Not just me, but everyone. Every living creature. I've been watching Seregenti on HBO Max this weekend - and it kind of gets that much across. In a way, it's comforting, knowing that.
I won't be posting next week. No access to a computer. My mother's computer is not safe - someone accessed it and all its passwords, so we're leery of using it at the moment. This means no more posting during visits with her.
Which isn't a big deal - and actually being forced to be off the computer, or choose to bring down my own laptop (I'm not), is not a bad thing. It will force me to take a much needed break from it and spend quality time with my mother and family.
Deep cleansing breaths. Off to tackle packing.
And I've been asking myself this as well - when I see things that annoy me.
"Do I have the bandwidth?" If no, I walk on or scroll on by.
I've checked in and got my boarding pass on my phone. I've called and reserved a car service for Monday morning at 4:15 am to get to the airport at the allotted time. Now, I just have to pack and ensure I get up in plenty of time.
My father used to say..."Don't sweat the un-controlllables." Then he'd go into a lengthy story about being stuck in an airport in the middle of a blizzard, and having to get to a meeting somewhere in Diluth, Iowa, and he was stuck in the airport with a fellow consultant who was fretting about renting a car and maybe driving there. And my father looks at the consultant and states, "so, are you going to kill yourself driving to a meeting or just wait here - for the storm to clear? We'll get there eventually, the meeting will happen. Don't sweat the things you can't control." He told me this story - when I was fretting about some sort of travel - be it from Hilton Head to NYC, or Fire Island to NYC or wherever I was headed at the time.
There are so many things in this life that we have no control over. Not just me, but everyone. Every living creature. I've been watching Seregenti on HBO Max this weekend - and it kind of gets that much across. In a way, it's comforting, knowing that.
I won't be posting next week. No access to a computer. My mother's computer is not safe - someone accessed it and all its passwords, so we're leery of using it at the moment. This means no more posting during visits with her.
Which isn't a big deal - and actually being forced to be off the computer, or choose to bring down my own laptop (I'm not), is not a bad thing. It will force me to take a much needed break from it and spend quality time with my mother and family.
Deep cleansing breaths. Off to tackle packing.