partnering sides

The previous post was indeed me just trying to find some balance.

Letting my spirit soar a little which then begged the issue of getting it all back in.

Afterward writing that, I went down to do the meal prep - I felt like indeed at odds

with the group and with myself - how to be responsible and how to know or when to know

when it would be ok - to have some pleasure.

I realized these two sides to things - to life - are part of the whole.

An image of my late grandmother came to mind - and I saw how she

was both responsible, ready for duty as well as pleasure seeking. Thinking

about her centered me in a place of practical sense.

That balance is amazing!

I realized it's important to be ok with pleasure

and yet responsible for your life as well. The middle path in a sense.

We all have that charge - how are we dealing with our need for pleasure

and responsibilities in life?

My grandmother knew how to keep life and the household running and

also had the penchant for enjoying life too. She always was cooking and freezing

stuff for the unexpected dinner party or personal use.

Her motto was "Life’s an attitude" - and in regard to pleasure (which is just my observation tonight

about her) it really gives her personal perspective on how she was ready to deal with both the bad

and the good things that came her way.

As I was in the meal prep tonight I felt a kind of wisdom come to mind.

Her's was "You win some, you lose some"

For me I was doing something completely new tonight.
I had to wing it -

and I just felt at easy giving thought to this:

"Good judgment comes from experience

Experience comes from

Bad judgment"

Go ahead and try things I told my workmate who was

asking me for advice - and you will learn along the way -

do things in a way that you see fit for yourself - if the person

who wants it done hasn't specified - and your two standards

will meet at some point in the end. :)