It can be SO HARD to go gracefully into something new, or scary, or unknown...
I work very hard, when surgery is afoot, to first do my research and make sure I know what I am getting into logically- risk management. Know the facts- know the doctors, know the risks. ...but then comes that Graceful thing.
It is so very hard to look into a stranger's face and say 'he is going to have my life in his hands, and it will be he who makes certain I feel no pain, do not wake up at a poor time, and DO wake when they are done.' ...and still be graceful, still be accepting, still be trusting.
I think it's the same when you have all sorts of things around you changing. You do the logical part first, but then you have to find balance too... you don't want to work yourself up or shoot yourself down (or in the foot!) and make it harder... on you or those around you- but you DO wanna get through it!
This is a topic I would love to have a coffee-house-discussion on! Graceful change is hard!
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Date: 2011-04-26 08:39 pm (UTC)I work very hard, when surgery is afoot, to first do my research and make sure I know what I am getting into logically- risk management. Know the facts- know the doctors, know the risks. ...but then comes that Graceful thing.
It is so very hard to look into a stranger's face and say 'he is going to have my life in his hands, and it will be he who makes certain I feel no pain, do not wake up at a poor time, and DO wake when they are done.' ...and still be graceful, still be accepting, still be trusting.
I think it's the same when you have all sorts of things around you changing. You do the logical part first, but then you have to find balance too... you don't want to work yourself up or shoot yourself down (or in the foot!) and make it harder... on you or those around you- but you DO wanna get through it!
This is a topic I would love to have a coffee-house-discussion on! Graceful change is hard!