At gym class yesterday, the teacher had me doing twists:
hold onto something solid, to anchor yourself, and slowly twist away from and into your center.
"It's strengthening, and it also helps release emotions," he said, "like wringing out a wet cloth."
Helpful!
I feel fine in myself, generally, but I also feel oversaturated...
Even the good stuff is intense:
Oh, yay! We have a vaccine [...so we don't die from a virulent virus].
Hooray! I'm free of a workplace burden [...that I used to do for love until it became onerous].
You'd think we'd get a break on the personal front, wouldn't you, when we're dealing with outbreaks of global pandemics and social (in)justice? But, noooo.
In my case, the extra crud this past year has mostly been around work, but a lot of friends are dealing with other stuff too--family pain, health issues not related to the Big C, etc.
This morning though, I got a really sweet note from a manager at the other store:
Wow. Nice to hear."Completely understand wanting to be off social media.
Thank you for a very thorough set of guidelines.
What made you great at posting are your smarts and your heart – you care about people and it shows in your work."
Wringing out the crud is a good step, and it's sweet to refill with kindnesses.
I'd gone downtown to the PO yesterday. The government center where Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder is no longer wrapped in barb-wire.
Sheets of plywood are coming down off windows on many (not all) stores.
On the ground around a different government building (Public Health, I just realized--ha!) was littered with these wire clamp-hook things (below).
ALL THAT TENSION . . . cut free.
Here's a whole different twist---from a panaderia (Mexican bakery) near the store:
Ring out, Wild Bells...
Ring out the old, ring in the new...Ring out the grief that saps the mind.
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
--Tennyson, "Ring Out, Wild Bells"
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P.S. I took down one of my posts about work & Big Boss. (Thanks everyone who read and commented!)
It helps to write my frustrations out, but I don't want to load the blog down with details, especially about an individual.
I saved it in my drafts and left enough up to be representative.
Oh! One more twist--I forgot I'd photographed this wonderful book cover at work:
Honest praise in that note. Good
ReplyDeleteGZ: That's a good way to put it---"honest praise".
ReplyDeleteIt meant a lot to me.
What a lovely message from a manager. Honest praise indeed.
ReplyDeleteI hope those wire twists get swept away and not just left there.
RIVER: I was amazed the wire twists were left on the ground, all around the building, but everything else was cleared away and there were no workers in sight!
ReplyDeleteTHey are very dangerous, though at this time of year most of us are still wearing boots. But still...