42/365 - let it be...
365 - The 2010 Edition - February 11, 2010
You know, you meet a lot of people on Flickr.. You come to think of them as friends, and when they get in trouble, it's hard not to volunteer too much advice. When all you have to offer is words, it's tempting to blurt out some bit of advice or encouragement.. Yeah - you and a hundred other well-meaning friends.. Even worse, as is happening right now - when someone is being ruthlessly hounded and verbally attacked, it's frustrating not to be able to help them - especially for guys. It's hard-wired into our DNA to come to the aid of the victim. We're taught all our lives to take up for the skinny kid getting bullied or the damsel in distress..
But sometimes, it's better for all parties to let them handle things themselves. Sometimes when we get involved, things just get escalated - or dragged out far longer than they would have on their own.. A good case in point is when your daughter has a fight with her boyfriend, and you want to go pound him into the ground like a sixteen penny nail. But before you can get your body-disposal kit put together, they've gone and made up..
Seems the best thing I've found to do is to just keep an even keel - don't get too excited - things will eventually work themselves out or they won't. If they don't, at least next time the duct tape and shovel are already in the car...
I'm also submitting this to the "Musically Challenged" group, using one of the great songs of all time. I gotta take advantage when their musical tastes and mine meet..
"let it be" by The Beatles
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
speaking words of wisdom - let it be
and in my hour of darkness
she is standing right in front of me
speaking words of wisdom - let it be
let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
whisper words of wisdom - let it be
42/365 - let it be...
365 - The 2010 Edition - February 11, 2010
You know, you meet a lot of people on Flickr.. You come to think of them as friends, and when they get in trouble, it's hard not to volunteer too much advice. When all you have to offer is words, it's tempting to blurt out some bit of advice or encouragement.. Yeah - you and a hundred other well-meaning friends.. Even worse, as is happening right now - when someone is being ruthlessly hounded and verbally attacked, it's frustrating not to be able to help them - especially for guys. It's hard-wired into our DNA to come to the aid of the victim. We're taught all our lives to take up for the skinny kid getting bullied or the damsel in distress..
But sometimes, it's better for all parties to let them handle things themselves. Sometimes when we get involved, things just get escalated - or dragged out far longer than they would have on their own.. A good case in point is when your daughter has a fight with her boyfriend, and you want to go pound him into the ground like a sixteen penny nail. But before you can get your body-disposal kit put together, they've gone and made up..
Seems the best thing I've found to do is to just keep an even keel - don't get too excited - things will eventually work themselves out or they won't. If they don't, at least next time the duct tape and shovel are already in the car...
I'm also submitting this to the "Musically Challenged" group, using one of the great songs of all time. I gotta take advantage when their musical tastes and mine meet..
"let it be" by The Beatles
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
speaking words of wisdom - let it be
and in my hour of darkness
she is standing right in front of me
speaking words of wisdom - let it be
let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
whisper words of wisdom - let it be