and then I get prepared for the next leg.
when I got to this base camp...I realized that....i've been severely handicapped. I opened up my backpack of supplies and tools and found....
a mess of tools that won't do me so well for what I've been trying to do and what I need to do coming up.
plus my supplies ran dangerously low last trek. starving and in need of supplies.
and this just won't do.
and if you just stumbled upon my blog for the first time... yes. I'm all about the analogy.
I have a PhD in Linguistics...and I'm all about the search for patterns and connecting them to something bigger....
and so the analogy.....is kind of....my natural route.
the next few blogs will be....hopefully...working through some of the things I'm going to need....before I set off again.
so here we go.....
sometimes a tool you used.....just doesn't cut it anymore. The tool is either dull....or your path changed and you just can't get by anymore with it.
and sometimes when the path changes, and you don't recognize that it did...and you keep using that same damn tool....thinking it will work in all situations...it just doesn't.
like when you switch from driving a manual to an automatic...and you keep going for the clutch.
sometimes you normalize things and get by with the minimum when your journey actually requires a full set of tools and
when you start realizing the tools you are missing and then actually start using those tools....
voila. you can make way better progress.
some people just sit on a rock and think, gee....I wish I could figure out what I need.
that happens too. sometimes you don't even know WHAT you need until someone comes along and points out...
hey....you don't have a pick axe? HOW COULD YOU BE ON THIS JOURNEY WITHOUT ONE??? and HOW THE HELL HAVE YOU MADE IT THIS FAR WITHOUT ONE?
oh man, I know......
once someone puts a pick axe in your hand and you get to use it for the first time.
damn. that is magical .
we all have to learn from each other.....and some people have a much better handle on assessing the journey....what is needed...what will be needed.....what you can do without.
and sometimes you just have to figure those parts on your own.
but when someone hands you a pick axe and says...here.....use this.
I suggest you use it and be thankful.....because that one tool could really save your ass one day.
and this might all make sense to you.....or you might read it and go...what in the fuck? but....
if it makes sense to you...go ahead and share it...and if you have a pick axe to share....make sure you do so.
Today.....I was at the vet. I noticed a woman come in and walk up to the counter. her dress was unzipped in the back...like the last 6 inches.
now....you can ignore this.....and let her figure it out on her own...
or ......you can do what I did.....and...
I walked up to her....and told her, quietly.. "your dress is lovely....let me zip it up for you." I brushed her hair out of the way and zipped it.
and she was so grateful. her husband was supposed to and forgot....and she was headed to the grocery store next.
peace and love....and making perfect use of the tools you have and acquiring the tools you need.....
because the path changes.
and so should your tools.
