 Romance/Love: May 27, 2009 Issue [#3075] |
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“Character is victory organized.”~~Napoleon Bonaparte
“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.”~~Immanuel Kant
"Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."~~Albert Einstein
"In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves … self discipline with all of them came first."~~Harry S Truman
"Make room for the new you. You may not have totally determined who the new you is going to be, but you probably have decided that there are some things about the current you, that you want to change. Well while you are working on what the new you will be, start 'cleaning out a room' for the new you to live in. Get rid of the junk in your life both physical and mental that doesn't fit you anymore. Take things out of your schedule that are taking your time away from finding out what you want to do. By making room for the new you, you will create a vacuum that the new you will rush in to fill and you will be on your way to the top."~~Edward W. Smith, Sixty Seconds To Success |
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Moving back into our house after two weeks in a hotel, we were met by a mountain range of boxes. When the cleaners came in after the fire, they cleaned! Oh boy, did they clean. Every wall, ceiling, piece of furniture, cabinet and and closet. After they cleaned all the 'stuff'inside many of these places, they packed it into boxes and then cleaned all the closets, etc.--Leaving everything wrapped and packed away. All the dishes, pots and pans, and oddball stuff they encountered along the way. Add to this then, the dry cleaners returning every item of clothing, and linen--everything not on a hanger packed in still more boxes. It looked as if we had just moved in.
Yesterday we unpacked boxes. As, for example, all the kitchen cabinets were empty, it was easy to reorganize the kitchen as to what went where--something I'd wanted to do since I moved in five years ago. The kitchen alone was twenty-three boxes. Going through everything as we unwrapped, we managed to fill five boxes with garage sale items.
Now it is all organized logically. This includes a set of dishes I didn't know we had (that I absolutely love) as well as things I had thought lost or broken.
We still have several mountains to conquer, but we are making progress. The empty boxes and paper will be used as we pack other rooms full of knick-knacks away prior to painting. Due to smoke damage, every room will be painted. Another opportunity to organize, sort through and add to the garage sale hill growing in the garage.
Throughout this entire process, my husband and I have laughed and cried, told stories different items reminded us of and amazingly enough, had fun. We've laughed and persevered. Even our puppy had fun playing in the pile of papers generated by our unpacking.
Then in the middle of all this paper which we then started stuffing into empty boxes, I realized my ring was no longer on my finger! Something like eight boxes were re-emptied and shaken out before he found my ring and I burst into tears and the puppy was jumping on us as we sat in the pile of papers. Too funny.
Sometime later, relaxing outside and enjoying a cup of coffee brewed in my found coffee pot and steaming in one of my found mugs, we were talking about my upcoming newsletter. 'Connect it to writing,' he says. ' Write about getting organized and the fun we had and don't forget our 'paper-trained' pup!'
At one time, my port was all nicely organized. I could find things. Readers could find specific pieces to read or have an idea where certain types of things could be found. Then, the 'closets and junque drawers' started to overflow as I stuck things in where-ever they fit. Some of my folders are four pages long. Stories and poetry buried in the pile. I need to fix that. Time to re-organize my port!
When I get an idea for a story or a poem, it seems as if the ideas fly and sometimes I try to cram three poems worth of ideas all into one....not unlike the drawer that contains the spatulas, spoons, meat thermometers, toothpicks, outdoor grill items as well as knives, gravy ladles and ice cream scoops. (why on earth do I have three ice cream scoops? I always end up using a spoon!)
Now I have a drawer for spatula shaped items, the wooden spoons are in a jug on the counter and the odd shaped things are in a deep drawer in a tall narrow chest in the kitchen that used to hold plastic bags. So too with writing. While all the ideas might work well together, all too often if one takes the time to sort through the mountain of ideas generated, they will realize that there are several poetic possibilities contained therein.
Our recent experience with the fire (which, all things considered, was very small) has been an eye opener on several levels. I learned I will never, ever leave the house with a dryer going. (If we hadn't been home, we'd have lost the whole house) I've realized we suffer from a severe case of 'pack-ratitus.' (Somehow I doubt it is curable in our case.) And, most importantly, I've realized, most happily, that we can handle anything together! I knew that already, of course, but it really hadn't been tested!
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Shannon  writes:You've made an excellent point here, fyn. I've considered writing my father-in-law's life story (on his own since the age of eight, rode the rails from state to state. Wait! I feel a poem coming on!), but have always been concerned about doing it justice.) This is an excellent reminder, and one every writer should take to heart.
Thank you :)
THANKFUL SONALI Library Class!  said:I was watching rehearsals for a play once. An actor had a one-word dialogue - "Cool".
He spent an hour arguing with the director about the tone of voice in which this word was to be said, why the character was saying it, and so on. So you're right - perceptions vary! The word "cool" on the page didn't look like it would - well - generate so much heat during rehearsal!
Perceiving that perceptions vary, is a good perception to practice.
pooja_sr commented:A very thought-stirring newsletter. Thanks for writing in : )
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