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Never Miss The Sunset

Never Miss The Sunset

No matter how easy going we are, most of us need to blow off a little steam now and then. Perhaps we are a bit frustrated with a project, or maybe we are just overtired and feel the overwhelming urge to throw something because we just can’t get it to work.

Okay, so I admit it. I have a few keyboards around that may or may not be in several pieces from unceremoniously tossing them. (smirk)

Afterwards though, I always end up feeling a bit disappointed in myself because it means I lost my temper. If only for a moment, I was not in control of my emotions.

Why didn’t I walk away from it before it reached that point of no return?

As always, I am a work in progress.

I say that because I am currently typing on a keyboard that is…

ummmmm…

kinda missing a foot so it’s a bit, shall we say, crooked right now?

So after spouting off for a bit to a friend that knows just to grin and tease it out of me, I remembered how important it is to know how I respond to certain things, and to use techniques that help me get past those moments.

Why?

Because life is just way too short to fuss over the little stuff.

So here I am, at 10:30 at night reminding myself of a few things.

Never miss enjoying the sunset. Walk outside and live in that moment.

Take time to walk every single day just for fun, not for training.

Stop for a moment and hold one of my cats. Listen to their purr.

And never let a day pass without bringing a smile to someone’s face.

So I wonder if they sell disposable keyboards? 🙂

Cricket Walker

P.S. A special shout out to all my friends who are participating in day nine of the V7N 30 Day Blog Challenge. I know you can do it!

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Top 10 Favorite Quotes

Don't follow your dreams; chase them. - Richard Dumb

Although I don’t have a clue why, I am addicted to quotes. My top 10 list of favorite quotes is constantly changing, perhaps because our lives are continuously evolving. These are ones that I am especially partial to right now, in this moment…

When you have come to the edge of all light that you know and are about to drop off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: there will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught how to fly.” Patrick Overton

You made Mrs. March feel like she could see again. You made Ford believe he was part of something. You give out hope like it was candy in your pocket.” The Postman

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” Anais Nin

Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen – that stillness becomes a radiance.” Morgan Freeman

I have a “carpe diem” mug and, truthfully, at six in the morning the words do not make me want to seize the day. They make me want to slap a dead poet.” Joanne Sherman

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, ‘It might have been’.” John Greenleaf Whittie

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Abraham Lincoln

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain

When the world says, “Give up” Hope whispers, “Give it one more try.” Carolyn Agrimis

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.” Henry David Thoreau

I would love to hear your favorite quotes, ones that touch something inside of you…

Cricket Walker

P.S. A special shout out to all my friends who are participating in day eight of the V7N 30 Day Blog Challenge. I know you can do it!

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Random Rambling

Taylor Napping On The Couch

Remember when we were young and spent HOURS riding bikes and never got tired? Why is it that now we call it exercise and dread it as if we were fixin’ to have a root canal?

Why is it that people only discuss food when I am starving to death?

Is there really an “off” button on a computer? Have you ever seen it?

Little girls played house and had every possible toy to do it with. Remember your Suzy Bake Oven? Toy vacuum? Toy shopping cart? Do you remember begging your mama to help with the dishes because you were a big girl now? Why do we wish we were doing anything but housework now?

When did we stop watching Saturday morning cartoons?

In our youth, hot summer days found many of us running through the sprinklers and screaming with delight when the water hit us. So why is it we freak out and run from a few rain drops now?

What is it about Sundays that makes me want to curl up on the couch and just vegetate?

Can you remember the last time you got a “real” letter in your mailbox?

Is there any better feeling in the world than that moment after a long hard day when you crawl in the shower, tilt your head back and feel the water running through your hair?

Why do we smile when we see a little frog jumping, but scream when we see a spider?

Is there any better smell than the smell of bread baking in the oven?

How did I get so lucky to have such wonderful friends?

Cricket Walker

P.S. A special shout out to all my friends who are participating in day seven of the V7N 30 Day Blog Challenge. I know you can do it!

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Afraid Of The Dark

darkness falling

I am afraid of the dark. I have been as long as I can remember.

As a child, the darkness represented the monsters in the world. I remember hiding under the covers at night because my mind decided that if I couldn’t see them, they couldn’t see me either. It made perfect sense to me.

As I grew up, the darkness came to mean something different to me.

Sometimes the darkness meant incredible sadness that would roll in quietly, like a wall of fog, surrounding and enveloping me within it.

Other times, when the darkness was near, it meant that the world would soon go very still, and I would be lost and completely alone in it.

But most times it represented this huge empty void of nothingness to me, so dark that I could not find my way, that perhaps I would never find the light.

darkness closing in

Over time we begin to see the darkness differently and instead of fearing it, we begin to rejoice in the incredible color painting across the sky announcing its arrival.

Maybe we simply learned to trust that dawn always follows even the darkest moments…

Cricket Walker

P.S. A special shout out to all my friends who are participating in day five of the V7N 30 Day Blog Challenge. I know you can do it!

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Work In Progress

I am crazy about reflections! I love seeing light reflect off the water and glass buildings that reflect the sky and clouds. In life, often we see our reflections in others.

Working my way through the different levels of tech support for a router issue today, had me more than a little cranky. In fact, initially, I am guessing I was anything but pleasant. As the supervisor came on the line I was loaded for bear, but the weirdest thing happened. He listened to my entire story, without once interrupting me.

And then you know what he said to me?

“I understand exactly how you feel. No wonder you are upset with us right now. I would be furious! I understand that you work online, so it is imperative that we get you back up and running right now, not three or four days from now. I think I know what the issue might be. Let’s see if we can solve this together.”

YA SAY WHAT?

In a matter of moments, this supervisor took a very cranky old lady and turned her completely around. I was smiling and laughing with him while he fixed the issue, and literally glowing when he complimented me on how much easier it was to help someone that obviously knew her computer well.

His light was reflecting on me.

I took a long hard look in the mirror tonight and asked myself, “How is my light reflecting on others?”

I am still a work in progress . . .

 

Cricket Walker

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Focused On One Thing

Close Up Focus Coke Machine

Inside the mind of an ADHD Cricket is usually a mess of complete chaos that no one but me is likely to understand, the non-stop chatter of my thoughts jumping all over the place (and back again) until I can focus.

How in the heck is there over 1000 emails in my inbox again? Good morning kitty cat, yes I see you. Where is my coffee? Dang! Were the spammers breeding over the holidays? Where is that phone ringing? Why on earth am I up this early. I should prolly check to see why that site is running slow. Did I pay the server fees? OUCH! If you bite me again I swear I am gonna pull all your teeth out!

What was I thinking when I ordered SouthernWench.com? No, don’t open Facebook yet, you will never get out of there. Where the HECK did I set my coffee down? Is she not getting my emails? Okay, I really need to sit down, focus and knock out these directory submissions right now. Did I forget to feed you? Ugggggh! Is it naptime yet? Oh yeah, my coffee. Crap! It’s cold…

Actually it’s not that I have trouble focusing, it’s more that my mind wants to focus on way too many things at a time. The results of that are never pretty.

So how do I ever get anything done?

The answer to what works (most of the time) for me often show within the pictures I choose to take. Have you ever noticed that I tend to shoot very close up, so that I am focused on ONE thing right in front of me?

That is exactly what I do when I am working. I remove as many distractions as possible so that the only thing I am seeing right in front of me is exactly what I need to be focused on.

Does it work?

Heck yeah! But like most things in life, it can be too much of a good thing.

The down side of this method (for me) is that I don’t tend to notice the laundry piling up or that I have been working on something so long that the sun is coming up before I have even gone to bed.

It may be time to work on balance, ya think? (grin)

Cricket Walker

P.S. A special shout out to all my friends who are participating in day three of the V7N 30 Day Blog Challenge. I know you can do it!

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