I am a little late getting out my Micro-Resolution for March.
Ok …… I’m A LOT late ….. I started this post mid March, and here we are ushering March out the door and I still have not finished it.
I guess March is a bust 🙁
As well as being preoccupied with more pressing life issues, I was also undecided as to what my March resolution would be.
If I’m being completely honest, I just wanted to forgo a March challenge, (I think I accomplished avoiding a March challenge pretty well, eh?), and do nothing. I also gave great consideration to choosing something “easy.”
As you know, the last two months have been a bit challenging for Poo and I. At this point, I feel as if there are more pressing things I need to tend to in my life rather than my quest for intense self-awareness.
BUT ………..
“If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.” – Fred DeVito
Right?
Ultimately, I decided now is the time to execute steadfastness. I will challenge myself this month, and I’m NOT choosing something “easy.”
So, here it is. The statement I heard my own Mother proclaim, time and time again, as I was growing up …………..
“If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” – Margaret Atwood.
(For those of you who don’t know the famed Canadian novelist, whose work has been published in more that 45 countries, this phrase was also repeated to Thumper, by the rabbit’s Mother in the Disney movie, “Bambi.” :))
This is a tough one! We all get caught up in negative thoughts and comments to one another and, about others.
Most of the time, this wouldn’t be such a colossal feat. It’s not like I go around tearing people down or mouthing off about everyday events but, I will admit to feeling, uhm ….. “tested,” lately.
It seems as if Poo and I have had to deal with, what appears to us as, an extraordinary amount of incompetence as of late. Maybe the word, “incompetence” is a bit harsh? “Subpar” might be a better word. Either way, I have been feeling disenfranchised with our health care system.
As you can imagine, it’s been hard not to take health care missteps of your loved one personally.
I’ve been having a difficult time keeping my mouth shut. I have grievances! I’ve been harboring some resentment over these blunders. I don’t want other families to experience what we have.
It’s not going to be easy.
(I wrote most of this post weeks ago)
Actually, if I start from this point in time, I might be ok. I might have a fighting chance at making this work!
Because I have had time to rest, catch my breath and put some of the events of the last several months into perspective, I may be able to make a decent challenge out of this one.
From this point on, through the month of April, this will be my challenge ………
Stay positive, keep negative thoughts at bay, look for the silver lining, and bite your tongue if necessary 🙂
“Nothing is easy but, who wants nothing?”
xoxo, Katy
