This is a second-hand story. (so you'll have to forgive me if you were there and i get the details wrong...)
but it's a good one.
it made my week. (i laugh every time i think of it)
it's been a good reminder (and challenge) for me.
over the weekend my older sister Tina and her family were at my parents' house in Michigan. Lydie, their oldest daugther wanted to go outside to play. As she was going out to play, my mom apparently suggested that she check and see if the landscape pond was frozen solid.
about 5 mintues later there is knocking at the sliding glass door - and a soaking wet Lydie was standing there, ready to come back in.
as she was recounting the events to Danae, she said, "well, it was the only logical way."
really?!?! jumping in with both feet was the only logical way?! ironically it was probably the least logical way (although, to her credit, it was probably the fastest....)
(don't worry, i'm not the worst Aunt in the world, i did check to make sure that Lydie wasn't scared or traumatized by the story before i laughed too hard)
oh, even now, a week later it makes me laugh. it's probably just my mental picture, and the way the story challenges me...the way this story makes me see the absurdity of my own "logic" at times.
...how at times i say things like, "well, it had to be done."
or, "If i don't do it no one will"
or, "I just have to press through this, and then i'll rest"
or, "i'll take care of it."
I can get caught up in my own head...and while i come from a family that loves logic and reason...at times my self talk is more like Lydia's and less like real logic. i lose the forest for the trees. i allow myself to think that there is only one possible solution...when really there are lots of solutions. i get so focused on what is right in front of me that i forget to look up, or pause, or do the little things that would actually be logical, and instead i jump in with both feet into the least logical solution...all the while touting my stellar logic.
oh sweet Lydie, this is not the first time your life and perspective have called me to something better...may it be far from the last!
but it's a good one.
it made my week. (i laugh every time i think of it)
it's been a good reminder (and challenge) for me.
over the weekend my older sister Tina and her family were at my parents' house in Michigan. Lydie, their oldest daugther wanted to go outside to play. As she was going out to play, my mom apparently suggested that she check and see if the landscape pond was frozen solid.
about 5 mintues later there is knocking at the sliding glass door - and a soaking wet Lydie was standing there, ready to come back in.
as she was recounting the events to Danae, she said, "well, it was the only logical way."
really?!?! jumping in with both feet was the only logical way?! ironically it was probably the least logical way (although, to her credit, it was probably the fastest....)
(don't worry, i'm not the worst Aunt in the world, i did check to make sure that Lydie wasn't scared or traumatized by the story before i laughed too hard)
oh, even now, a week later it makes me laugh. it's probably just my mental picture, and the way the story challenges me...the way this story makes me see the absurdity of my own "logic" at times.
...how at times i say things like, "well, it had to be done."
or, "If i don't do it no one will"
or, "I just have to press through this, and then i'll rest"
or, "i'll take care of it."
I can get caught up in my own head...and while i come from a family that loves logic and reason...at times my self talk is more like Lydia's and less like real logic. i lose the forest for the trees. i allow myself to think that there is only one possible solution...when really there are lots of solutions. i get so focused on what is right in front of me that i forget to look up, or pause, or do the little things that would actually be logical, and instead i jump in with both feet into the least logical solution...all the while touting my stellar logic.
oh sweet Lydie, this is not the first time your life and perspective have called me to something better...may it be far from the last!
No comments:
Post a Comment