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A little somethin' somethin' from my friend, Donette, in Minneapolis:
The President, Condoleeza Rice, and Dick Cheney are flying on Air Force One.
George looks at Condi, chuckles and says, "You know, I could throw a $1,000 bill out the window right now and make somebody very happy." Condi shrugs her shoulders and says, "Well, I could throw ten $100 bills out the window and make ten people very happy." Cheney says, "Of course then, I could throw one hundred $10 bills out the window and make a hundred people very happy."
The pilot rolls his eyes, looks at all of them and says to his co-pilot, "Such big shots back there..... hell, I could throw all of them out the window and make 56 million people very happy."
Love and the funny funny,
grumpypants
PS: This joke is both a genuinely friendly offering and a cop-out. I had an awful day at work and I didn't want to begin this entry by whining. I had to offer a carrot first, ya know?
You know those days when nothing goes right? Well it was one of those. Big time. I had to throw away things today: a pie because the crust was failing and a cake because I misread the recipe. And I had made both of these mistakes because I was in a funk anyway and was allowing myself to be distracted by it. (Wouldn't you know that I was actually beating myself up for being a total tit last weekened? Mistakes breeding in my head and making more of their kind.) By the time I realized I had made the mistake with the cake, I was in tears. Two batches of potentially tasty treats in the garbage can does not a good start make.
I am not good at mistakes (or is it that I am too good?) and even worse at forgiving myself, so I spent most of the morning mentally flogging myself. Which is even sillier, because, perhaps while I'm so busy torturing myself I'll make another mistake? I managed to get through the day without additional mishaps and through some small turn of totally dumb luck, the mistake I made in the cake recipe ending up resulting in a new and improved cake recipe. Go figure, eh?
But the larger problem remains: how do some people let mistakes just roll off their backs so easily and I am completely unwilling to forget any error? I get into a serious self-loathing rut and become seeminly unable to forgive myself. Dear Internet, please be my Ann Landers and get this silly head on straight again.
Posted at March 3, 2005 08:12 PM
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I used to drag myself down like that too. What I learned to do was embrace logic and ask myself what getting upset would accomplish, versus what noting my lack of focus and redoubling my efforts & concentration would accomplish. Even I, Ms. OverEmotional, could see the latter was the better option. Eventually it becomes fairly automatic.
Posted by: adrianne at March 4, 2005 09:34 AM
I try to put myself in the third person. Usually, I can see that I'm being harder on myself than I would be to someone else, and that helps a little.
and for what it's worth, the scones you made yesterday were delicious!
Posted by: smartass at March 4, 2005 10:37 AM
I just laugh at my stupid ass and figure it's all material for future friend entertainment.
Another trick is to ask yourself how much whatever you did is really going to affect your life in the long run. 99 times out of 100, the grand scheme effect is minor if anything.
Posted by: Neighbor Stacey at March 4, 2005 11:46 AM
You live near an ocean. Take a look at it from time to time and ask yourself "Are my problems or the problems I have caused as big as this ocean?" Normally the answer is no. No one died from your mistakes, no one's day was ruined. As a matter of fact your job is a noble one, giving people wonderful treats to make their lives a better place. Eh, we all biff it sometimes. But when you don't, you're making the world a better place.
Posted by: Landon at March 5, 2005 11:16 AM
i have the bestest friends in the whole world - thank you! thank you! thank you!
love and all the good advice you could ever want or need,
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Posted by: grumpypants at March 6, 2005 10:36 PM
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