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"Everyday, you face an issue. It could be from someone else or from you. Everyday you have to think of ways to move around it or solve it. It stresses your mind and your body - a constant test to survive. Whenever you come across a problem in front of you, you react to it as needed and try to solve it. You want to be done with it and move it away from you, like folding laundry one after the other until there is nothing left in front of you. But there are times when you are faced with a problem and you don't do anything to solve it. You remain still, almost your mind is not really willing to process it. There is no real fast motivation to solve it. Time slows down and you are left with an issue that you never wanted to happen in the first place. You are off your guard.
I was washing dishes when my mind started to wonder, thinking about my long and stressful day at work and other random events. I wasn't paying attention to the scrubbing when I pressed too hard, causing the glass to break and cut my hand. My mind snapped back to reality to find my hand covered with my blood and broken glass in the sink. I felt pain going through my hand, but my body didn't quickly react to cover up my injury. I just looked at it. I watched the blood trickle down my hand and arm into the sink, letting the tap water ride it down the drain. I just toyed with my injury, seeing how deep it was and watching the blood ooze out. It wasn't a deep cut. All I thought of is how many issues this will cause me until it fully heals. More problems I had to face. My reaction to this was:
Right now... I don't care. I'm just too tired to face with problems right now and I just want to remain in solitude, away from other problems and disasters. I want a day where I can just go about with any problems blocking my path; from friends or nature, I don't want to deal with it now. I just want to go to bed now and avoid anything else for the remainder of the day...
As I continued to look at my injury. I knew that, in the back of my mind, I will have to deal with this. I will continue to face problems in the future, caused by me, friends, nature, anything. I have to fix them or they will hinder me in the future, causing more problems to pile on top of it. Its all part of life. Some say that a school that you will never leave from and that every day is a test of decisions and obstacles. The reason I'm still here is because I've been passing those 'tests of life' and continuing on day by day - to stay strong as much as possible. If there is a problem you can solve, why be unhappy? If there is a problem you can't solve, what is the use of being unhappy?
I bound my injury and removed the broken glass from the sink. I finished with cleaning the dishes, minus one glass. That problem was done. The next day after work, I bought another glass from the store and bought a medical kit, knowing that it will help me with more problems relating to this and maybe other things as well.
Keep on truckin'.artwork © 2012 Alex Cockburn
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Thats like Peoplee ask me at work, "How are you doing?"" I tell them "I am not complaining, .Besides wh complain when no one is listening."
I get funny looks from saying that.
The glass breaking and cutting yourself is like when I got bitten by a k9.. That bastard took a 3 inch hole of meat out of me and all I could do was stand there while he bit me again with a second bite, My mind was gone but the injury was sureal... After they scream from my friend I snapped back into reality to literally beat the dog unconsious with my shoes untill I gould get away.
I had to get 40 stitches and several shots for pending rabies,,, It was a mess, I carry a nice scar as a reminder so I know what your communication here is about.
Love the pic too
I get funny looks from saying that.
The glass breaking and cutting yourself is like when I got bitten by a k9.. That bastard took a 3 inch hole of meat out of me and all I could do was stand there while he bit me again with a second bite, My mind was gone but the injury was sureal... After they scream from my friend I snapped back into reality to literally beat the dog unconsious with my shoes untill I gould get away.
I had to get 40 stitches and several shots for pending rabies,,, It was a mess, I carry a nice scar as a reminder so I know what your communication here is about.
Love the pic too
this has happened to me as well, only I didn't just cut myself. I was washing a glass and it had a flaw or weak point or something in it, so when I stuck my hand in it to wash it , it exploded and flayed the outer side of my pinky finger from the finger tip to the palm of my hand. It's funny because for how serious the wound was and how much it bled, I was so out of my mind in thought that I felt no pain at all. I ended up having to go to the hospital and having it taken care of. It healed with out any nerve damage or scarring but this reminded me of that time. All I did was stare at it and think, Damn that's not good.
No matter how bad things are they can always get worse....Sad about overwhelming issues and something else happens....In an ironic way that can snap us back from depression to reality...
The quote is from Shantideva (circa 700 India) :
If something can be remedied
Why be unhappy about it?
And if there is no remedy for it,
There is still no point in being unhappy.
^_^
The quote is from Shantideva (circa 700 India) :
If something can be remedied
Why be unhappy about it?
And if there is no remedy for it,
There is still no point in being unhappy.
^_^
Sometimes... I can feel almost trapped in unhappiness because I cannot solve or change things which are issues or cause problems for me... this is validating, uplifting & inspiring for me to re-visit the fact I need to accept things I cannot solve &/or change. Be blessed and fortunate for what I have and can do in this life. Hope you have more days with less strife & issues to face.
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