220/365 It's not because it is difficult ...
So, I had these two filters stuck together
well ... a filter, and a step-up ring, actually ... but the story remains the same ...
They were stuck
and I couldn't take them apart
I tried hard to get them to turn
to unscrew them
but no matter how much force I used
they wouldn't budge
I handed them to someone else
insisting on how bad they were stuck
She tried
with no more result
So I put them back on my table
and in the course of a few days
I tried a few more times
a few dozen more times
trying to apply more force than before
To no avail
I reached a point
where
I came to believe that they would remain stuck together forever
unless I somehow sawed the step-up ring
Not a pretty foresight
After one more
fruitless
attempt
I went to Google and asked
"How to separate filters that are stuck together"
How enlightening !
If you are so inclined
I'll let you discover by yourself
all the
wonderfully varied
ideas
that some people have had
and
that they took the time to write down
for every one to try and explore at home
And then
after some of these entertaining pages
I came across this :
Do not apply heat - both filters will expand together.
Do not apply cold - both filters will contract together.
Do not apply anything - especially not force.
Hold each filter with only 2 fingers applying the least amount of pressure you can.
Now
after having tried
for several days with
as much
force
as I could
my first thought was
Nah ... won't work
and even if it could have worked at first
now is too late
I most certainly messed it up
by forcing so much
But not wanting to dismiss an idea
just like this
I went on to prove that this idea couldn't work
So I took the filters in my hands
and with the
least
amount of pressure ...
... I failed
I mean... I failed to prove that this wouldn't work
because
what happened is that I got the filters to turn
and I got them separated
in five seconds flat
right there
My thoughts went
Oh wow, they're separated !!!
to
How did that work ???
to
Oh wow, they're separated !!!
to
There's no way it worked so simply !!!
to
Oh wow, they're separated !!!
to
Was is really this simple all along ???
to
Oh wow, they're separated !!!
to
Oh ... that's the force itself that kept them stuck together ...
to
Oh wow, they're separated !!!
to
Oh ...
to
Oh wow, they're separated !!!
I think at this point I should mention that I was somewhat thrilled these filters got separated ...
And behind the thrill
a sense of
irony
surfaced
All this time
here I was
using force
to get them unstuck
when ...
All this time
I was
convinced
they were stuck
I was
convinced
I had to use force
I was
convinced
it would be a
difficult
task
requiring
force
... more of it than I could exert
And this got me wondering
of course ...
about all these assumptions
I carry
that the task will be diffcult
about all these times I am so convinced
in advance
that something will be painful
How many things
do I assume
will be hard
and
engage in with unnecessary force
making these things
as diffult as I thought they should be
... when all I'd have to do
would be to just step in
and be there
with the least amount of pressure
and everything would go smoothly
How many times
did I make things difficult
instead
of flowing though them
and
simply
surrendering
to what
simply
is
?
How many
scary images
did I impose
on simple things
from my scared mind
?
How many subjects
did I complicate
believing
they were
difficult
to learn
?
How many steps
didn't I take
convinced
that they would be painful ?
How many
will I
?
220/365 It's not because it is difficult ...
So, I had these two filters stuck together
well ... a filter, and a step-up ring, actually ... but the story remains the same ...
They were stuck
and I couldn't take them apart
I tried hard to get them to turn
to unscrew them
but no matter how much force I used
they wouldn't budge
I handed them to someone else
insisting on how bad they were stuck
She tried
with no more result
So I put them back on my table
and in the course of a few days
I tried a few more times
a few dozen more times
trying to apply more force than before
To no avail
I reached a point
where
I came to believe that they would remain stuck together forever
unless I somehow sawed the step-up ring
Not a pretty foresight
After one more
fruitless
attempt
I went to Google and asked
"How to separate filters that are stuck together"
How enlightening !
If you are so inclined
I'll let you discover by yourself
all the
wonderfully varied
ideas
that some people have had
and
that they took the time to write down
for every one to try and explore at home
And then
after some of these entertaining pages
I came across this :
Do not apply heat - both filters will expand together.
Do not apply cold - both filters will contract together.
Do not apply anything - especially not force.
Hold each filter with only 2 fingers applying the least amount of pressure you can.
Now
after having tried
for several days with
as much
force
as I could
my first thought was
Nah ... won't work
and even if it could have worked at first
now is too late
I most certainly messed it up
by forcing so much
But not wanting to dismiss an idea
just like this
I went on to prove that this idea couldn't work
So I took the filters in my hands
and with the
least
amount of pressure ...
... I failed
I mean... I failed to prove that this wouldn't work
because
what happened is that I got the filters to turn
and I got them separated
in five seconds flat
right there
My thoughts went
Oh wow, they're separated !!!
to
How did that work ???
to
Oh wow, they're separated !!!
to
There's no way it worked so simply !!!
to
Oh wow, they're separated !!!
to
Was is really this simple all along ???
to
Oh wow, they're separated !!!
to
Oh ... that's the force itself that kept them stuck together ...
to
Oh wow, they're separated !!!
to
Oh ...
to
Oh wow, they're separated !!!
I think at this point I should mention that I was somewhat thrilled these filters got separated ...
And behind the thrill
a sense of
irony
surfaced
All this time
here I was
using force
to get them unstuck
when ...
All this time
I was
convinced
they were stuck
I was
convinced
I had to use force
I was
convinced
it would be a
difficult
task
requiring
force
... more of it than I could exert
And this got me wondering
of course ...
about all these assumptions
I carry
that the task will be diffcult
about all these times I am so convinced
in advance
that something will be painful
How many things
do I assume
will be hard
and
engage in with unnecessary force
making these things
as diffult as I thought they should be
... when all I'd have to do
would be to just step in
and be there
with the least amount of pressure
and everything would go smoothly
How many times
did I make things difficult
instead
of flowing though them
and
simply
surrendering
to what
simply
is
?
How many
scary images
did I impose
on simple things
from my scared mind
?
How many subjects
did I complicate
believing
they were
difficult
to learn
?
How many steps
didn't I take
convinced
that they would be painful ?
How many
will I
?