Hello beautiful human,
This morning I’m trying to fit big, windy thoughts into a small amount of time. They blow here and there and refuse to take shape in the corners of the morning so I must open a window and let them fly off into some future post. Maybe we call that “percolating” or “putting it on the back burner.” Today it feels like a willingness to release, paired with trust that ideas that are meant to come back in their own time. The good stuff circles back. And if it doesn’t…it wasn’t really mine to write into anyway.
Let me find a smaller idea that can fit onto the narrow ledge of time this morning…
Yesterday at work I helped train a new coworker. The idea that I could help train anyone at the pharmacy is laughable to me, because at less than a year I still feel very much like a learner myself, always coming to things I don’t know, can’t deal with, and having to ask questions and no doubt annoy my fellow teammates.
But then again, maybe that’s the best person to train in someone new.
Maybe being willing and all too able to say, I don’t know all of this stuff, here’s a few things I do know. If you have a question I can’t answer we’ll ask someone else and learn together— maybe that’s comforting. Maybe because I have a still vivid awareness of how overwhelming the computer systems are, I’m well positioned to say, here, this key is useful. This menu will get you where you want to go. We’ve been working a couple of hours and you’ve taken on a lot. Why don’t you take a break and let everything settle for a bit.
And now I wonder am I still talking about pharmacy or is this also what I’m doing here? Ram Dass has that beautiful line "We’re all just walking each other home.” I’ve thought some things, done some things, experienced some things. I have a long way to go and but if I write and share here, maybe someone else needs that medicine today. Likewise, what do I glean from my fellow writers and artists? Where have their journeys taken them and how grateful I find myself to learn what I can, as I can.
of the Shelf Help Club asked me What is your favorite self-help book and I thought… every book I read is a self-help book. I’m always looking for what I can sift and glean and take on board for myself. I love the Shelf Help Club because I resonate with humans who are trying to grow themselves just like I am. And Toni’s question because it helped me think into new awareness around my own approach to reading and more:For me, self-help is an approach to living, not a genre.
For me, poetry is an approach to living, not a genre.
For me, creativity is an approach to living, not a genre, and very much not merely a hobby.
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