The Power of Negative Circumstances

When things go wrong, especially those that last a good long time, the pain of it wears me down. I want to be liked, respected, valued.

When I'm shoved into a corner that I can't seem to get out of where important people diminish me at every turn, it's immensely frustrating.

But that frustration is looking for a better place. And so, I might adopt a donkey and learn all about training and riding. I might buy a violin and learn all about fiddle playing. I might start up writing again and reach for the stars.

I'm certain that people who succeed at these alternate strategies are happy they did it. I'm pretty sure people can work themselves out of corners - using perserverence, patience and strategy.

So being poked at by other people has benefits, but darn it, I wish everyone could stop and figure out that all that poking ain't no fun and that they would stop it!

Here's to all of us, the pokers and the pokees. Sometimes we're pokers and we don't even realize it. Sometimes the folks that are poking us don't realize how badly it hurts. Maybe we should all breathe deeply and be as nice as we can to everyone!

Cheers!