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DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY

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January 11, 2019  6:45 pm

Life happens. Interruptions happen. Goals and intentions get redirected, altered or delayed. That’s how it always is. So why does it take me so long to see that? You know I like to dig to the root of things. But all I can find is a bunch of sayings about hindsight.

“It’s so difficult, isn’t it? To see what’s going on when you’re in the absolute middle of something? It’s only with hindsight we can see things for what they are.” 
― S.J. Watson

“To paraphrase Oedipus, Hamlet, Lear, and all those guys, “I wish I had known this some time ago.”
― Roger Zelazny

“We go through the present blindfolded… Only later, when the blindfold is removed and we examine the past, do we realise what we’ve been through and understand what it means. ” 
― Milan Kundera

I guess the moral of the story is in Bob Marley’s word is, don’t worry, be happy. Everything is going to be alright.

It makes sense to me. I will not search for reasons any more tonight. Who knows what the morrow shall bring? I shall finish my glass of wine and be happy. Good night for this 11th day of the Ultimate Blog Challenge.

YOU CAN’T ROLLER SKATE IN A BUFFALO HERD

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Truths are so simple and true.  Have you listened to Roger Miller’s song “You Can’t Go Roller Skating in a Buffalo Herd”?  It sounds like a fun and silly song, but it has a lot of wisdom to it.

“Ya can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd
Ya can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd
Ya can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd
But you can be happy if you’ve a mind to

Ya can’t take a shower in a parakeet cage
Ya can’t take a shower in a parakeet cage
Ya can’t take a shower in a parakeet cage
But you can be happy if you’ve a mind to

All ya gotta do is put your mind to it
Knuckle down, buckle down, do it, do it, do it”

Go ahead.  Sing a few bars.  Sing it a few times.  It’s easy and you can sound as silly as you want.  It’s a catchy tune.  Soon you will be singing/humming/dancing to it all day long. Then you start believing it.  Wait, the light bulb moment is coming.  It hits you – right between the eyes.

You go, Holy Shit!  It’s true.  I can’t go roller skating in a buffalo herd.  I can’t take a shower in a parakeet cage.  But I can be happy if I put my mind to it.  Do it, do it, DO IT! So you sing at the top of your lungs, skip around the kitchen and pound your chest.  Man, that feels good!  Let’s do it again.

I know life is not that simple.  But it is.  Sometimes I make life hard for myself by insisting on doing things I can’t do – like roller skating in a buffalo herd instead of on the sidewalk. You know what I mean, don’t you?