Webster defines a rabbit hole as a complexly bizarre or
difficult state or situation conceived of as a hole into which one falls or
descends.
Have we ever had our enthusiasm barbequed and then we crawled
in a rabbit hole? Ouchy ouchy! J. J. Spaun won the U.S. Open Golf Championship
recently. He was a very unlikely golfer to win it (i.e. a complete underdog).
And to top it off, he started his final round getting 6 bogies in the first 7
holes and fell well behind; then there was a rain delay. He came back with a
great game and won from behind. He overcame adversity. His past history was that of a bad attitude about himself (i.e. went down the rabbit hole); he hired a psychologist
to work with him on his attitude. It changed his life. In his post tournament
interview he used one of Confucius’ quotes: “Our greatest glory is not in never
falling, but in rising every time we fall." Winning this Championship will
change his life!
CoachB says—We all make mistakes and missteps
in life, all of us, everyone of us! If we haven’t made mistakes or missteps we
haven’t done anything and that’s a mistake. Soooo we don’t need to beat up ourselves
and crawl in a rabbit hole. He also suggests we seek advice from a successful
people before making a decision and our chances of success in our decision
process will be much greater. Da! But remember folks what an old friend, Paul, told
me years ago—
erv, decisions have consequences and guess who makes the decisions!
I saw a lady knitting in church Sunday; I never saw that
before! Maybe she wasn’t wasting any time and was multi-tasking. It’s hard to
know other’s motives sometimes. We might be way wrong in our thinking. I know I
have errored many times. Probably if we are going to error, it’s best to error
with more grace a.k.a. the grace concept)! Cut others some slack! And that
ain’t always easy for me!
Left Gasping! Jeanne had her house painted and an employee
of the painter was a young man maybe 18 or 19 who lived with his grandparents
(i.e. we don’t know the circumstances). ANYWAY, his grandfather died while he
was painting the house, and he told us some of his story. His grandmother has
no money and cremation costs $1,400 which they want up front. I asked him if
his grandfather was a believer—I don’t know, he was sometimes and sometimes he
wasn’t; he would go to church sometimes and sometimes not; he had doubts and
said he was confused; what do you think—I’m not the judge but I would think he
was; we all struggle with our faith at times.
In our world today, scamming is very prevalent (i.e. no
question); we are scammed/or tried to be scammed all the time. We have no idea
who or what to believe anymore. All folks are susceptible to be scammed no
matter of age or intelligence (e.g. recently a very smart person was scammed in
an area they had no idea about). We are just plain taken advantage of and put
right in a rabbit hole. We can be scammed financially, in a relationship, and
even by maybe very trusted folks (e.g. some think it’s good business to
oversell a service or product; I was just told that by a business person
recently). Saturday question—Where is this scamming all going?
The other morning, I realized that I was going in a rabbit
hole. I was getting out of whack; I was not functioning the way I wanted; I
needed to make an adjustment. I was not who I am or what to be. It’s a humbling
experience for me but also a very important self-analysis and awareness. I need
to pull in my horns; reprioritize again! I need to make some adjustments. NOW!
It’s nuttin new, it happens to me; the world tries to scam me!
Real life experience! I wanted to get a checking account
here in Yakima. I decided on a certain bank basically ‘cause it was an old
Valley Bank, and it was convenient for me to use some of their services (i.e. I
needed a medallion stamp for some business and you have to go their in person).
Soooo I go in to open a checking account. The clerk had me fill out a short
form, asked what type of account I wanted, got a copy of drivers’ license and
asked for some funding for the account and then said—You will have to wait 20
minutes as I’m busy! I said, thank you very much, but I will just go across the
street to your competitor bank—she then changed her mind and said, please sign
here and took my check and I had an account. And I had one of my better tee
shirts on that day toooo yet! But my IA cap was rather ratty!
An analogy of a rabbit hole concept maybe. Soooo, we got moles in our
lawn. They come because we irrigate and fertilize the lawn and it’s easy
pickins for them to eat the grubs now that the open spaces etc. are drying out.
Jeanne doesn’t like to be mean to animals soooo ok, we have moles. They got too
bad for her soooo our neighbor tells us how to bomb them; it is rather
fun! Sooo they had to get really bad
before she would chase them to the neighbors! Huh, interesting. Seattle has a major problem
with the homeless. Seattle helps them but now they are creating a real big problem
with lawlessness, hurting the economy, hurting tourism and a social problem.
Now what are they going to do to fix the problem? Seattle is in a rabbit hole!
Ouchy ouchy!
I really like this statement about attitude and read it
often. ATTITUDE
by Charles Swindoll
"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on
life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It
is more important than the past, than education, than money, than
circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think, say
or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or
skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a
home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding
the attitude we embrace for that day. We cannot change our past...
we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We
cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play the
one string we have, and that is our attitude... I am convinced that life is 10%
what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are
in charge of our Attitudes”
Life can be frustrating for everyone at times. My life is no
exception, I’m just a typical AverageJoe, just another bozo on the bus. My best
solution is that I pray asking God to keep me filled with His Spirit of wisdom
and discernment (i.e. a great concept, my opinion). It gets me out of a rabbit
hole and protects me from getting in one. It’s the real deal for me a.k.a. life
changer!! Look around folks, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that
out!
Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-:
erv
MyDeceasedFriendJean said--Life is like a snow storm. You run into a lot of flakes.
