#215 "More Water?" By Susan Pearl

To be upset or to not be upset that was my dilemna.
To have an evening meal in a high scale restaurant was a very special occasion for us.
The table was set beautifully. The water was in elegant goblet style long stem glasses.
We had been told the atmosphere of this restaurant was something to behold so we consented to go there with other family members to enjoy it, too.
Then the steaks were served and things changed fast for our table. 
My husband thought his steak was tough and so he stabbed the steak with his fork to firmly hold it in place while he took his steak knife and used it like a hand saw going back and forth in short fast rapid motions trying to cut through the steak. 
The table started shaking so much that the water started spilling out over the tops of the long stem glasses.
It was like our table had been placed on top of a jackhammer and we were trying to eat with a raging vibrating, shaking table connection to a jackhammer going at full speed.
The table quieted down as my husband had finally made it though the steak to actually had his first bite of meat. 
Then the table vibrations started all over again for him to cut his second bite of steak.
More water was spilling and slushing out of the goblets and I couldn't really believe that this special evening had tuned into an embarrassing experience.
I had never tried to eat a meal at a shaking table before and I don't think the other family members had either.
Thank goodness they didn't serve peas or they would have literally rolled off of the table. 
My husband did not have a clue what he was putting the rest of us through in with the sudden eruputions of a shaking table.
The waiters wanted to refill our water but we declined.  We had not drank any of our water. The water had spilled out over the top of the goblet onto the beautiful tablecloth leaving  large circles of spilled water around the base of each goblet. 
I didn't know if I should be upset with my husband or not be upset by knowing he is the type of person that if if he has something to do --come hell or high water--in this case -spilled goblet water, he is going to get the job done no matter what it takes. And in this case a tough steak needed to be cut up.  He would have helped to cut up anyone's steak if we had asked him. 
I chose to laugh.  I knew that no matter what the challenge at hand my husband would meet it.  Cutting up his steak changed the restaurant up scale sophisticated atmosphere to a funny and comical setting.  We began roaring with laughter and it was a such great fun.
It was well worth the price of the meal.
Why we didn't send the steak back to the kitchen I'll never know.
I guess we just were too busy trying to hang on to our own meal with the shaking table that we didn't have time to think about it.

#214 "Discernment Of The Selfish" By Susan Pearl

Selfish people will come and go from our lives,
And each will take a part of our life if we let them,
They can take our time, our strength and our attention even our assets,
To be only for themselves without any mutual thought or any mutual mention,
And it can take a toll on our self esteem over the course of time,
Because selfish people think only of themselves without the best interest of others in mind,
To be taken apart bit by bit and part by part and giving it away with nothing to show in return,
I'm telling you in my lifetime that was one of the hardest lessons I ever had to learn.
I learned to say "no" time and time again,
Selfish people have come and gone away but the unselfish people became my friends to stay.
And it is a far better life than it was before that I can certainly say.
Because I am no longer being selfishly used and the people I now know wouldn't want it any other way.

#213 "Retrospect" By Susan Pearl

"Retrospect" is looking back for a forward perspective,
For a scientist it is the ability to analyze former tests and applying the results to get closer to a wanted discovery,
To a pilot it is following training and the manual which has been made by many "retrospects" and equipment testing,
To a baker it may be learning the oven bakes hotter in the back so now the the pan is turned midway through the baking process for best results,
Now if  a new oven is purchased and changed the former retrospect would become outdated and no longer appliable,
"Retrospect" is filled with learning, through an updating process of lessons learned and assesssing the outcomes,
And because things change then the current ways become the proper use of a new "retrospect",
With new facts applied the next effort should have a better and more successful outcome,
And "retrospect" continues to analyze the current data and making new manuals for safety with the best possible outcome for everyone.
Our current perspective should contain the current "retrospect" otherwise an outdated setting may emerge that is stuck in the past and may lead to eventual dysfunction.

#212 "Good For All" By Susan Pearl

In my opinion there are good things in motion at all times,
I think that if we have become separated from the good potential around us it is up to us to reconnect with the potential for good,
I think it all begins by truly wanting good for all,
And then truly wanting to be a part of that good,
And not wanting to be separated from the good around us at any given time,
Which will require recommitment to a value system of being in step with the motion of good for the benefit of all.

#211 "Tips For Heel And Heal" By Susan Pearl

Heel with the two "e's"-"ee" is the part on the back of our feet ("ee"- two e's).
Heal with the "a" is for an ability to be healthy again and the process of such "a" recovery.

#210 " Original Design Of Seeing New Things" By Susan Pearl

The older I get with time,
The more I return to my original design,
A design of delightfulness in being alive,
And seeing something new without going on  a drive,
This original design is like having a childlike wonder,
Finding new and wonderful things to see and to ponder.

#209 "Frozen In Time " By Susan Pearl

This week I was reading and the phrase "emotions frozen in time" caught my attention.
At first I  thought that to remedy frozen emotions a person should allow whatever emotion that is frozen to absorb the warmth and beauty of the current setting,
Then I realized the real setting is "frozen in time",
It is the "time" that is frozen,
To be frozen in time is to be locked into the past,
 It would be to an advantage for a person to have a realization and an awareness that the painful parts of the past have been locked in time and should remain in the past,
Such hurtful feelings of the past do not have to be reexperienced in the present setting,
If we are in the tropics should we be feeling the bitter cold of a previous artic adventure?
That was a different time, and these painful emotions do not have to be reexperienced in the setting and environment of the now.
Time has moved on and so has the surroundings.
Our current emotions should match our current setting and not be frozen in time.
We have left that time in our life and we should leave the negative things of that time to remain in the past where they belong.
If we choose to remain in the past with our emotions we will be frozen to the enjoyments of each day and miss the joy of a new time and new surroundings.