Quotation:
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
–Mark Twain Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/mark_twain
Relationship reminder —
If you want to move your relationship in good directions, do it today, do it now. Make the first move — do something kind, or thoughtful, or generous. Whatever it needs to be, do it now.
if you’d like to read more about relationships, my book, How to Get and Give Love – Relationship Maps, is available online at all major booksellers, including Amazon.com
Mindfulness reminder —
Mindfulness is about this moment right now– being conscious and present right here, right now. Whatever you need to do, do it now. This moment will not come again.
for more on Mindfulness, click here to visit Greater Good– The Science of a Meaningful Life
Recent Relationship Maps column (courtesy of The Capital):
Try again later
I had a problem with some office technology. I’d run a credit card through the reader and nothing at all would happen. It was as if it was either unable or unwilling to recognize that I was doing something. No matter how many times I’d run and rerun the card, nothing. This was tremendously frustrating. It was as if my actions were irrelevant to the machine. I spoke sharply to it; I pushed all sorts of buttons. I turned the card over and around repeatedly. Nothing. It was as if the machine were determined to ignore or defeat me.
Finally, I remembered some technology wisdom I’d been taught — if nothing you’re doing is working, unplug the offending machine, wait a minute, then plug it back in and let its little brain reboot. This trick works a remarkable amount of the time and has saved many machines from premature disposal.
So I unplugged, waited a little while, replugged, and allowed the machine to reboot while I waited (more or less patiently). The credit card reader now worked perfectly. Hooray! I didn’t need to know why it wasn’t acknowledging me before. I had just needed to wait and try again later.
Sometimes people are a lot like machines.
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by Benna Z Sherman, PhD
