I opened my eyes
And looked up at the rain,
And it dripped in my head
And flowed into my brain,
And all that I hear as I lie in my bed
Is the slishity-slosh of the rain in my head.
I step very softly,
I walk very slow,
I can’t do a handstand–
I might overflow,
So pardon the wild crazy thing I just said–
I’m just not the same since there’s rain in my head.
Staying centered and grounded is important for maintaining inner peace and balance. Here are five ways to stay centered:
Joe: “My girlfriend called me Spiderman.”
Pete: “Does she think you’re a superhero?””
Joe: “No, she thinks I’m super clingy.”
Today’s Thinking Out Loud reflection is on Aesop’s Fable, The Mouse and the Bull. Aesop’s Fables is available for free download here.
The Fable
“A Bull gave chase to a Mouse which had bitten him in the nose:
but the Mouse was too quick for him and slipped into a hole in a
wall. The Bull charged furiously into the wall again and again
until he was tired out, and sank down on the ground exhausted with
his efforts. When all was quiet, the Mouse darted out and bit him
again. Beside himself with rage he started to his feet, but by that
time the Mouse was back in his hole again, and he could do nothing
but bellow and fume in helpless anger. Presently he heard a shrill
little voice say from inside the wall, “You big fellows don’t
always have it your own way, you see: sometimes we little ones come
off best.”
Note: The lesson is clear. Never quit. Never give up. I didn’t graduate near the top of my high school class. I didn’t graduate from college with honors – I was happy to graduate, LOL. I learned to keep my head down and keep working. I discovered the harder I worked the more success I had. Success didn’t come easy, but it came. I discovered I could outwork those with more innate talent and it made all the difference. Like the mouse in the fable, we may not have been born with all the gifts that some have, but with wisdom and hard work, we’ll succeed. Never quit, never give up. Your best days are ahead.
Today’s mind sharpening anagram is a two or three word phrase related to a health related topic. Can you unscramble the anagram to discover the two or three word phrase?
Today’s Anagram:
Once in a golden hour
I cast to earth a seed.
Up there came a flower,
The people said, a weed.
To and fro they went
Thro’ my garden bower,
And muttering discontent
Cursed me and my flower.
Then it grew so tall
It wore a crown of light,
But thieves from o’er the wall
Stole the seed by night.
Sow’d it far and wide
By every town and tower,
Till all the people cried,
“Splendid is the flower!”
Read my little fable:
He that runs may read.
Most can raise the flowers now,
For all have got the seed.
And some are pretty enough,
And some are poor indeed;
And now again the people
Call it but a weed.
Joe: “I’ve found a great way to handle stress at work.”
Pete: “What do you do?
Joe: I delegate my work to someone else.”
