butter-fingers

It was just brought to my attention that I’ve been dropping things lately. Yesterday I dropped my ice water all over my living-room floor, and it took forever to clean up, as the ice continued to melt. I also dropped a pan of granola as I was spooning it into a container, spewing oats and raisins all over the stovetop. Just tonight at dinner with my family I dropped my plate, landing my sharp knife on my sister along with a plateful of pizza crust crumbs. It ended up on the floor when she stood up too. So my conclusion: be more aware of my actions. Is there something on my mind that’s keeping me from focusing on the matters at hand? Is there a force working in me so that I can learn from these mistakes? I find myself angry, and annoyed with the correction. It’s just an accident! I’m angry at myself for being so foolish. I’m annoyed at being corrected this way, in front of my family, having to stoop to the ground to pick up crumbs off the floor. Frustrated that I’ve become so clumsy lately. How can I work on perfecting this? What can I do to stop it? How can I become more open to the correction? How can I work on having a teachable spirit?

M.fs

If Everybody Did…

This morning I woke up feeling tired. After the morning routine I’ve gotten myself into, I headed straight for the coffee pot (Jura Capressa), and made myself a strong cup. Sitting at my kitchen table and breathing in the soothing and yet bitter aroma of the coffee beneath my nose, and felt like something to eat, I was surprised to see in the refrigerator, a cinnamon bun from my sister (we live in the same house)! How sweet of her to think of me. I felt like that moment in “Family Man” when Nicolas Cage finds out unexpectedly that it’s his anniversary and has forgotten to get her a present. However, I gratefully dove fork and knife into my breakfast. (I never eat anything without a fork and knife unless it’s a raw vegetable, Pizza Hut pizza, or a cookie.) It got me thinking, “What if everybody did?” as in, that old book about instances that could become disastrous if everybody did, for instance: If one girl put a tack on a chair… if everybody did… etc. It reminds me a lot of peer-pressure actually. Anyway, the point being, if everybody was as kind and thoughtful as my sister, our world would be so different I have no doubt we would not recognize it to be earth. They say whatever you do effects your surroundings, you know. Even if everyone did just one thing every day that was kind or thoughtful to someone, a relative, a friend, a neighbor, etc. So that’s my weekly resolution (why wait till New Years?): I’m going to do something “nice” (for lack of better word at the moment) for someone every day. I encourage whoever is reading this to do likewise.

M.fs