2 Hours2 Days
2 Weeks
2 Months
2 Years
Simple technique. Next time you find yourself getting upset ask yourself this question, "Will this really matter 2 hours, 2 days, 2 weeks, or even 2 months from now?"
Never let the circumstance trump the relationship. Circumstances come and go. Relationships define our lives.
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"Relationships define our lives."
Aye, that they do! It's all about taking care of those golf balls.
:-) I was just thinking, as I saw again that wonderful photograph below, what if the nee nees comment does not ring a bell, lol, after all not everyone has seen "Cool runnings".
Yes Lisa Marie,it is--lol. And you're right. I haven't seen Cool Runnings and had no idea what the hell you were talking about. :-)
:-)!
'I can see clearly now' was used as the theme song for the film 'Cool runnings', which is about the first Jamaican bob sleigh team at the Olympics in Canada - that kind of explains the quote.
lol, can't imagine what you must have thought upon reading my comment!
I thought it was some obscure British cultural reference lost on my American education. ;-)
I love this post! Such a profound thought ... yet so eloquently presented by picture and words. Thank you!
I never thought of life that way. ty
I'm fighting a battle that is important even if it was 20 years from now...so I guess it really IS my calling! Thanks for the insite! :)
not to rain on your shiny day but shouldn't you care about how you feel at that moment? it might not matter 2 hours days months or years cause you've moved on. but the present it matters, or else you wouldn't be making such a big fuss... and if you like jimmy clift you'll love toots and the maytals.
Akv, I'm afraid you have missed the message. Perspective and 2-2-2-2 is all about the present moment and taking care of the precious present. I'm saddened that my point was lost on you. If you read my blog, past postings, and sidebar, you will see I am a very strong, very strong believer in the here and now.
Second, you mention feelings. Feelings come and go like the weather. Awareness of those feelings as they arise is very important. Not allowing those temporary feelings to take the wheel of our ship so to speak is paramount to avoiding harming our so very important relationships because of a surge of emotion or feeling that occurs in the moment.
Thanks for the music recs. Not familar with either so I'm looking forward to checking them out.
Well said
"Relationships define our lives". I have been thinking about that for 50 years. When I reach a conclusion, I'll let you know. :)
Clive, I'm all ears--lol.
I've always felt that everything we believe only makes any sense within relationship. We reference everything to something else. Take that something else away and all our beliefs fall by the wayside.
Of course, this flys in the face of the belief, which I also like, of a univeral oneness.
Ahh, the mysteries of life. Keeps us on our toes--lol.
Clive, good to see you visit again.
Always good to visit, thank you, Trée. I would post my thoughts on this but I think I might get lynched for it. Thery are not necessarily in line with modern thinking and might make people uncomfortable. Plus, of course and as I said, I have not really reached a conclusion as yet. When I do, perhaps it'll be worth a post. ;)
Of course, the reason I visit at the moment is that I'm still working you out. You are a most interesting combination of apparently contradictory things. But I think the contradiction is only that - apparent. There is a unity there that I shall discern sooner or later. :D
If only all could see and live in such a way... ;)
Clive, I'm flattered in your interest. If you have specific questions that may be vexing you about who I am, please by all means ask. I will answer any and all to the best of my ability or I will tell you it's none of your business--lol.
As I have mentioned before, I find your blog to be very unique in the blogoshere. I enjoy reflective and intelligent analyisis of issues beyond sports or politics or religion. Besides, I see a little of myself in your postings and that draws me back to your blog like we all are to a passing mirror. ;-)
Puremood, interesting changes you've made in your blog design. Seems you have some talent with the web. Very nice work :-)
That was a nicely presented post. Yes, the relationship is more important than the complications.
Good technique. I'll have to appky it in future. But what if the answer is 'yes'?
Chicky, the question is designed to remind us that most everything we get upset about does not still matter just a short time after the event. With that reminder we stand a better chance of not over-reacting and thus creating serious damage in a relationship over a non-important matter.
In this light, the question still educates us in matters both small and large since the heart of the question is awareness of reaction in the context of perspective. In other words, it's a question that lives in what I call the "gap." The gap is that very small place between stimulus and reaction. For most of us, the gap rarely exists and we tend to spend more time apologizing for our "reactions" than need be. If we can "work the gap" then we stand a better chance of turning a reaction into a response.
I have a sick dog that has awakened me in the middle of the night, which is why I'm responding to this quesion at this hour--half asleep and without my glasses. If my answer is less than satisfactory or makes no sense, I'll try and correct it when I'm actually coherent--lol.
Thanks for stopping by and please keep posting those wonderful pictues on your site. I don't always comment on every one, but I do see them all and you do wonderful work.
Thanks for that perspective. I really needed it this morning. :)
So true - thank you for the reminder.
Have a great day!!!
Reminds me of something I always try to live by:
Don't sweat the petty things; Pet the sweaty things.
an oldie but still a goodie!
:)
J, that is funny stuff. Might need to include that next time I do this post--lol.
Sorry about the lateness of this response - I had to sleep (it was late last night, you will recall) and then this morning a post was due.
There's no specific question as such, Trée, just a vague pondering upon the mix you so expertly use in your blog. I get most of it, it all seems to add up, but the scantily-clad ladies somehow seem at odds with the rest. But not that I object, of course. They are undeniably easy on the eye! :D
Clive, kinds words always welcome here. As far as my "Friday Night Flirtation" postings go, I enjoy them. As simple as that--no more.
I'm lmao right now, because I've spent the last 30 minutes writing two different very long responses to your non-asked question. Both times I looked at what I wrote and just thought--hogwash. Then deleted them both.
I just enjoy the pictues Clive, so I post them.
Well, I must compliment you on your taste, in that case! :D
Thanks for your reply and the explanation (and the compliment). If you're this coherent at that hour, then I'm jealous :).
Hope the dog is OK now!
Chicky, Mario, the dog in question (we have 5 yorkies) is not doing too well. He is the oldest of the five, yet not really an old dog--middle age at most. He is also the father of two of our other dogs--Maria and Chloe.
A couple months ago, Mario got very sick all of a sudden--he almost died. It took a few weeks to determine what was wrong with him. The simple version is he has the dog equilivant of Lupus.
He has lost so much weight he doesn't look like the same dog and you can tell he doesn't feel well most of the time.
The medicine he has to take has some nasty side-effects. Of all our dogs, Mario is the one who steals everyone's heart as soon as they see him--he has the most charming personality.
Thanks again for asking about him. He reminds me everyday there are no guarentees in life. He was perfectly healthy one day and the next he almost died--no warning what so ever.
Life is short and unpredictable--don't hoard your love, your thanks, your smiles. Attitude of gratitude :-)
Oh, and if you go back in my archives, I've got several pictures posted of Mario that I posted around the time he got ill. Check March and April, each have a picture or two of him.
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