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Awaiting Simplicity

arfie
arfie

I sure get wordy while I am sorting the yaddahs of my blahs. I write better than I speak, so most of that wordiness comes out in my journals, etc., but written or spoken, babbling is babbling. My word floods come out with all the organization and sensibility of a blown dam.


The babbling, written or spoken, feels cathartic to me, but more and more, I try not to take action until I have achieved a sustainable simplicity. Simplicity is SO-O-O much easier to keep track of and work with. Among my signals that I have achieved simplicity is that the thought is holds steady an peaceful amid the surrounding chaos.


Thoughts? Reality checks?

extraterrestrialone
extraterrestrialone
Personally, I don't know where I'd be without the complexities. It is always the time consuming search and bitter struggle that puts anything into those simple nothings I fool myself into believing and compassionate professionals insist I should be striving for. You'd do well no doubt to not take this as advice for your own life however.
arfie
arfie
Happy for you, ET.

In my own strictly personals, the complexities of life in the kiddie whorehouses and its aftermath kept leading me to psychotic breaks. Those are some pretty deep confusions. . .

Every case is unique. Enjoy your complexities. May they serve you well.
DOS2
DOS2
as a home body poor care giving napping nap monitor who gets an occasional escape... I see your escape as the only way for you to find what you need to get you to a place you can function in, you need to be your own care giver to yourself while the wounds heal from the efforts you have put forth already. care giving is a dangerous job... are you giving them the excuse to give up or are you hurting them by pushing to hard or are you hurting yourself by not getting what you need while you try... it's no wonder to me why the world is a place of confusion. I wish we all could find the right answers to get us to our happy place.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
Since we both have experience in the rooms of 12 step programs, arfie, my thoughts went to KISS. Its origin goes beyond 12 stepping, though, to aircraft engineer Kelly Johnson, designer of the SR-71 Blackbird spyplane.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle

Pretty good principle applied to pretty complex problems with pretty good success, huh? So I say keep aiming toward the simple, arfie. It will get you through the chaos.
arfie
arfie
Is a 45 minute poetic ramble with Hubs simple? Poetic Hubs!! I didn't hear any Busy Executive Efficiency tones in the ramble. Felt gooder 'n' a happy pill. The fact that cel phone reception and my flaky hearing allowed for a 45 minute phone call felt like Divine Intervention.

The tent is clean and ready to pack. For my camping nickel, cleaning the tent is the hardest job in the pack camping process. I'm pretty anal about packing dirt. Love my soil and compost, but not in my tent.

Heading for the neighborhood where I found the 12-step community center in Paducah. Ought to be checked in and settled in time for the 6:00 meeting tonight. Plenty of time, though. It's not even noon and traditional motel check in time is not until 3. It is about an hour drive to Paducah.

Just an update. . .
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