Thursday, 05 June 2008

  • Go ...t four minutes?

    This is a recap of my post at Go! Smell The Flowers.

    As some of you know, This Blue Collar Goddess has been faced with a number of emotional trials lately.  I have a good friend who sends out a daily mass mailing with a thought or a piece of information to his mail list and for the last few days he's been hitting the mark with ineffable accuracy for me.

    First, there was an "Om" meditation.  Then there was a reminder to "Breathe".  Then today, a marvelous composition on "compassion" which I translated to "semantics".

    **SPOILER ALERT**

    For those of you who won't take the time to watch the four minute flick above (heh, I forgive you I do!) what happens to the beggar is a subtle shift in wording.
    A man comes along and changes the sign to read, "Today is a beautiful day, I cannot see it" instead of "I am Blind.  Have Compassion".  The beggar is graced with a bounty of goodness, both material and emotional for the rest of the day.

    I don't know if some of my inability to express myself as succinctly as I'd like to is a result of Mercury going retrograde, but I haven't been able to communicate what I'm feeling without flubbing it up even after editing, and editing and ... in some cases, editing would only make the situation worse.  It's so frustrating!

    My dilemma is that I am blind (not literally, you dig?) and I need to find compassion among those who I associate with, but I keep saying, "Omigod!  I'm blind!  Help me!" when what I should be saying is, "Today is a beautiful day, and I cannot see it.  Help me."

    Indeed.  Today is a beautiful day.  Can you see it?

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