I have a job.
Me and my circle of old friends may be small but we are big on coinage of phrases to encourage each other, giving each other our 2¢ take on things.
Case in point:
- An old friend used to remind me that every adversity, obstacle and challenge I faced could be helpful to others one day - I call it gathering great fodder*. So far, he has been 100% spot-on.
- Another old friend recently mused that if the saying " what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" is true, then I may have broken a Guiness Book of World Record even if there isn't a category for this type of strength.
- Sometimes the smarter move is to lay face down stretched out in mock surrender when life is chasing you down like a big bulldozer. You may be flattened but you could survive to pop-up again.
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Sassy snoozes curled up in her rocker, so I decided to stay downstairs with her instead of working in my upstairs office. Besides, its warmer down here this morning as the deck thermometer struggles to get to zero degrees!
Good tunes on Pandora radio, a second pot of coffee dripping in the kitchen, my newest food concoction burbles in the crockpot and I sit here surrounded by piles and piles of law books as I attack a few pro bono cases today. Outside a light dusting of new snow makes the world seem peaceful, serene.
Today I feel safe.
Not that great "Safe" of having swung your bat and as the ball arcs through the sky you race towards home - airborne then SPLAT as you slide and your toe connects with the plate while the catcher's mitt swipes and misses the tag. Close, but different and I can't think of a good analogy.
Darn – now I need to stop writing this post and check-out the date of the Twins opening home game because I am going.
I can afford it now.
I have a job.
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| Sassy snoozes on a bitter cold morning - January 26, 2013 |
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