Friday 11 August 2006
How I think...
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my last post, I mentioned that I think in rambling terms. Today
something happened that might be a great example of what I mean: We were in the truck. Hubby and I in the front seat and ds14 in the back seat. Hubby and I were talking about something (I don't remember what right now), and I stopped mid-sentence to exclaim, "Oh, cool! We are getting our own Tuesday Morning!" Then I went back to what I had been saying. From the back seat I hear this nearly uncontrollable giggling. "What's so funny?" I ask. He was laughing so much, it was hard for him to explain, all he could manage to get out was "You!" That's when I knew I'd done it again -- raced down a rabbit trail. Fortunately this time, I didn't go very far before I came back to my original destination, but for a brief moment I was distracted by a fast little bunny and off I went... And so it is when I am talking to just about anyone...something else will catch my attention and I'm off on a different trail. Sometimes, as I did today, I am able to get right back to the topic at hand, but I am guilty of derailing entire conversations with my rambling thoughts. That isn't the worst of it though...until the last few years, I didn't even realize I was doing this! Then gradually I became aware that I was doing 'something' to annoy people and bring conversations to a halt, but I didn't know what. Now, I realize, it is those darned rabbits I keep chasing! DUH! I am learning, well striving anyway, to contain myself, to discipline myself, to stay put and not go chasing after the rabbits. I am striving to be aware when I do this to people, so I can bring the conversation back to where it was before I took off chasing some rabbit. It really is rude of me to do this, and so I want to become conscious enough of the process to recognize before I take off. I'm working on it -- some days I do better than others, but I am working on it.... |
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Saturday 12 August 2006 - ROFLMBOOOOOOO!
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