Pithy expressions don't work during seizures. They also don't work when Sophie drools excessively, and I have to change her scarf twenty times a day. Inspirational messages mean nothing when the silence between two people doesn't seem bridgeable, when it's 90 degrees in mid-October, the dog has fleas and needs a bath. A long time ago, I held a screaming baby in my arms in an armchair and looked out onto a wintry playground, stories below. Breathing in I calm myself, breathing out I smile, I whispered over and over as I rocked my screaming baby. I pulled this out of an inspiration box today:
Go slowly.
Breathe.
Smile.
Thict Nhat Hanh
i sure do need those words today. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteChop wood. Carry water.
ReplyDeletePeace to you, E.
I wish I could more concretely share the beauty and peace of Lloyd today with you, darling.
ReplyDeleteAnd by the way- we just got our dogs on that flea treatment which they take internally. We are hoping for the best.
Oh Elizabeth. Thinking of you.
ReplyDeleteI don't know, but I know.
ReplyDeleteLove to you.
I don't think pithy expressions ever work. But breathing always does. Sometimes a throat-rattling scream and throwing something as far as you can helps, too. Then more breathing.
ReplyDeleteLove.