We'll get there

I took a walk down to the pond today to photograph these ducks.  It was a beautiful day and it was just so nice to be able to get outside for a bit.  I stood there at the pond and watched them for a bit.  Sometimes it would be quiet...and they would all be floating along...usually with friends nearby.  Every once in awhile they would start making a ruckus and seemed to be bothered about something...and the possibility exists that it was me. One duck flew into the air and over to some friends making a big squawking fuss about something...and there was a lot of discussion all over the pond...and then they settled down and continued the business of floating quietly about.

It got me to thinking about myself and the times that I get stressed or anxious about something.   Initially I become very anxious, but then I just settle down and get to the business at hand....and it all seems to work itself out as it is supposed to.  One of my staff said to me this week, as I was expressing anxiety about something, "This is always your first reaction, but then you always adapt, and you'll adapt this time too."   I found it to be an interesting observation...and reassuring at the same time.

Step by step, day by day.....that is how I need to take things.  I need to believe that it will all work out.  Certainly worrying and squawking about it doesn't get me anywhere...except to cause a lot of nonsensical squawking around me.  If we try to take things as they come and dwell in the present...with no worries of the future....or thoughts of the past...I think we really get to experience life...minus all of the stresses that we ourselves add into the mix.

Yesterday was winter..but today it felt like spring.  Today I went for a walk with Allie Cat on the rail trail and she did so much better than last year...still interested in everyone that approaches, still very exciteable about every other dog we met...but in general....so much better, and I found that, instead of being stressful, I really enjoyed our walk today.  One day at a time, one step at a time...relax, enjoy...we'll all get there...

"Rivers know this: there is no hurry.  We shall get there someday."

~ A. A. Milne