The Big Three: Dreaming up a solution

The world can be a crazy place. Sometimes it helps to step back and list a few of the things you’re grateful for. I’m making it a habit each week to list three blessings. Here’s what I’m grateful for this week, October 19-25.

What I’m grateful for:

—Finding a solution to a problem. I was struggling earlier this month to fit a square peg into a round hole. I felt like I was clobbering my head against a cement wall. I stepped away and when I went back to my problem I found a way to solve the problem. Sometimes we just need to approach the problem from a different perspective. Here’s to never giving up.

—Wrote my way out of Hell! In the song Hurricane, Lin Manuel Miranda describes how Alexander Hamilton faces the problems that come his way. More often than not Hamilton resorted to attempting to write his way out of the problem. A man after my own heart. I’ve never faced the problems that Hamilton faced in his life. He was orphaned and had to fight his way up from nothing. However, when challenged or facing a mountain in front of me, I’ve tried more often than not to write my way out of the problem.

I love these lyrics.

“I wrote my way out of hell
I wrote my way to revolution
I was louder than the crack in the bell
I wrote Eliza love letters until she fell
I wrote about The Constitution and defended it well

And in the face of ignorance and resistance
I wrote financial systems into existence
And when my prayers to God were met with indifference
I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance.”

—Being heard. I sent two emails the other day to two different people and organizations. The reason for the email doesn’t matter. The who doesn’t matter either. I had helped both at different times and I was hoping the people involved would get back to me. Of course I heard crickets. Oh, I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt. I assume they had things come up. Saying all that, being heard still resonates enormously with me. Thank goodness for those who hear and see us.

What gave me a smile?

Leaves blowing in the wind make me smile. They’re the best.

Bella the Dog jumping into a mountain of leaves.

Snoopy runs from the leaves.

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