Day 3 - 223 -- Gaining Perspective

The day was filled with exploring viewpoints. Feeling stressed the past few days, I found that I wasn't being very flexible -- in decision making or in muscle tenseness. I had to take some time to look at things from different viewpoints before finding that a change wasn't the end of life as we know it. It is interesting that I manage to get so wound without noticing it until it is ready to make me fly apart. The anxiety mounts slowly in most cases and when I realize that I am physically and mentally tight it has been growing for some time. Learning to recognize early signs of stress will take some work, but intervening earlier could help alleviate physical symptoms before they need a physio or pain meds.

Dinner with a good friend allowed time to look at many societal and pop culture issues -- to view them from differing perspectives. That doesn't mean that we understand all other points of view, but acknowledging that they are there was calming. I came home after that chat with a smile and noticing the lovely breeze. It had been 27C (30ish for feel like temp).  I prepped some things for tomorrow and decided that I needed to leave some items for the morning instead of pushing through it all tonight. That allowed me to recapture the calmer, relaxed feeling. Hopefully that will remain once I power down and head to sleep.

Making decisions or trying to understand alternate views requires some mental gymnastics -- looking at each perspective individually and trying to wrap your brain around it. A line that is often used in conversation came to mind, and with it came a song lyric. The singer has a great deeper voice that can be calming. Enjoy!

On the other hand -- Randy Travis