Check out this thing that Kelly (Hot off the Wire) gave me for Christmas. I thought it was just a funny little block of wood with words on it, but it is magical. Look.
Regardless of which end I elect to turn topside, I have to consider my state of mind, and choose. Because it is a CHOICE. And I forget that all the time. Sometimes it is what it is, and sometimes it is what I CHOOSE it to be. In this case I am referring to my perspective. Even if I choose, “not so much,” the fact that it is my choice to take that attitude makes me feel so much more powerful than I felt when the choice was buried under the to-do list, the horrible story I read in the news, the bittersweet pang I feel watching my boys trudge down to the bus stop, and the rejection letters. So this little block of wood magically wakes up my brain and says, (like Kelly would,) Hey, make up your mind already!
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Knew you would find the purpose to that simple little block of wood. It reminded me of the “personalized good luck charms” a DJ friend of mine used to give away on the air. They were 4″ x 4″ blocks of wood and when the winners came to pick them up, he had the winner write their own name on the block with a Sharpie because “we make our own luck.” Oh, I miss that guy… =)