More Big Brother Stuff

Am thrilled to announce that I have experienced my first 8 hour and 5 minute long sleep period since Father's Day. I'll admit that it was not without the ususal interruption to make a pit stop during the early morning hours, but the important thing to note surrounds the log book that says I slept 8 hours and 5 minutes total instead of 4.5, 5.0 or 6.0. Feelin good!

Moving on and returning to the focus of answering questions from the blog, let me say this.

Comments regarding the various posts have led to all kinds of questions regarding attitude, focus, perspective and a new word we've been using called "stick-to-a-tiveness". That word is sometimes in conflict with "hard headed" but when you HAVE to do things a certain way because it works for you, then you need to be able to communicate the validity of your decision to others even if they think you're nuts.

Whenever you are working your way through stuff and you aren't exactly up to your normal speed, you must adapt to the circumstances that constitute your reality, even if it doesn't meet the normally excepted rules or expectations of those around you.

With regard to that, I go to my bag of tricks that we've described as stuff that comes from "Big Brother Leland". Whether it's the following quote or advice about the "premeditated nap, I've quoted some of his stuff throughout these posts.

I don't know if you'll like it but let me say if you "adopt it" there's no doubt that you will be well served. Leland calls it "acceptance" and here it is.

"ACCEPTANCE"

"Acceptance is NOT approval, consent, permission, authorization, sanction, concurrence, support, ratification, assitance, advocating, backing, maintaining, authenticating, reinforcing, cultivating, encouraging, furthering, promoting, aiding, abetting or even LIKING what it is."

"Acceptance is saying..........it is what it is......and..........what is...........is what is.

Philosophers from Gertrude Stein ( a rose is a rose is a rose) to Popeye ( I yam what I yam) have understood acceptance.

"When reality confronts our notion of what reality should be, reality always wins."

Drop something while believing gravity shouldn't make it fall.........it always falls anyway. "We don't like this so we struggle with reality and become upset or turn away from it and become unconscious".

At any rate, I've used the phrase "reality" a whole bunch as it relates to some of the weird methods I have to use to accomplish goals under my current state. When that reality become a conflict with conventional thought process, I just go to "acceptance".

Hope you enjoyed it. Phil call me again, I screwed up the number.