I'm confident that most readers of this blog have heard the expression "It's just not my week". For those of you who have not heard that expression - I've always considered it to be a reference to the amount of good fortune one experiences during the time period being referenced (be it day, month, year. . .).
Personally, I live in a world filled with human beings. Beings with flaws, frailties, weaknesses, idiosyncracies, strengths, challenges, ideas, .... I believe that we all, in spite of our best efforts are walking contridictions. I believe that in spite of how much we attempt to live a perfect life, think perfect thoughts, dream perfect dreams. . . challenges we do not anticipate or welcome befalls us all. Another example may be: I LOVE to write; but I only LOVE to write about things that matter to me. (Doesn't the broad term "I Love to write" suggest that I am open to writing anything - even though I'm not? Is that a good example of a contradiction - at first glance?) So it is with casual statements made by upwardly mobile creative and positive thinking people.
I am able to accept the truth that, as humans, we are likely to have what is to us a bad period of time. I am also able to accept and understand that in the light of day most people will look back see and acknowledge any good that came forth from those bad times. With that in mind, sometimes when a flippant statement such as "this just isn't my week" is made, it may be more appropriate and encouraging to respond by saying "that just means next week will be twice as good", rather than chastising a person for having challenges.
Todays blog topic was sparked by a some what unrelated conversation I had the extreme displeasure of listening to. How about we let perfect people chastise people who are not perfect. As for the rest of us - let's use compassion and decorum - especially in public.
In joy,
Andrea
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