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You ever have one of those days when you feel you're on the verge of some Great Insight into your life but instead your train of thought gets derailed by "Should I go to the grocery store tomorrow, or should I wait till Tuesday?" And then you find yourself humming the 'Til Tuesday song "Voices Carry" and wondering why the fridge door is open and you're standing there with a plum in your hand? Yeah, this is one of those days.

I don't need a Great Insight right now, really, if it's too much trouble. I'd settle for a little insight. Or a sustained train of thought. Or a bottle of grapefruit juice.

There's one situation taking too much of my brainspace. I need to stop worrying so much about something I don't control. Problem is, while I don't control things, I do have influence. It's the influence of a small movement in a chaotic system, a butterfly who knows that one flap of its wings may or may not cause a distant hurricane. The butterfly needs not to let herself be paralyzed by the thought, needs to take care of herself and fly where it's best for her to go without listening to anyone who tries to blame her for the weather.

Store tomorrow, then. Must remember to buy toothpaste.

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I think you think too hard.

:-P

/me sits down next to Bunney and shares some chocolates.

Choccies!

I'm really craving some *good* chocolate. The generic stuff just isn't cutting it. I want some Godiva or Lindor. Something a little more exotic than a Butterfinger bar.

well,a plum in hand is better than,say,a grenade with the pin pulled out.(i've been watching band of brothers' too much,perhaps?)

being sensitive to how one affects others isn't the easiest way in the world to be.
it's better for the world,though. i sometimes wonder if it's any good for the sensitive person? the only thing i can think of is that there is a possibility that i can appreciate metallic red more than some people. colors can make me high! y'know,stuff like that.

wishing you peace surrounding your headspace...

being sensitive to how one affects others isn't the easiest way in the world to be.

Well, there's a big difference between being sensitive to how you affect others and taking responsibility for a situation only tangentially related to you. Sensitive people may be more susceptible to letting others place the blame for a situation on their shoulders, but letting yourself take that blame is a far cry from reasonably taking responsibility for your own actions.

What I was thinking of when I wrote the post wasn't so much whether I might hurt someone's feelings as whether or not someone would take my actions as an excuse for some wacky behavior of their own. Like I said, it's a case where I have influence, but it's a chaotic situation where what I do may spark some unpredictable effects.

::snuggles::

::snuggles back::

Just a guess, but I think that was your insight.

Somewhat along the lines of this icon, dontcha know. It's one of my favorite icons because it's one of my favorite insights.

Hmm, maybe I'll switch over to "Voices Carry." I've had Zephyr's version of "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" for the past three days. It's pretty amusing... the first five times. But now I'm starting to get desperate to replace it with something less silly.

I think that was an insight, but not the one my brain was originally trying for. Oh well, I'll take what I can get at this point.

Mraow.