words from Donal
From donal_mac_r
1.sweet- Ha,ha! OK, my first thought was "Honey, you are dating yourself!" Espeially if that is the first word! But I suppose I am guilty as charged even still..... I think "sweet" has almost developed some negative connotations, sort of implying a lack of perception, or maturity or even common sense. I don't think I am naive (not too often anyway) or a pushover. But I suppose in the manner of being pleasant and optimistic in my relations with people, I am sweet. When I was very young, my momma trotted me down to the polling site one election day and sweet talked a man of her father's generation into remembering his better angel and letting a black woman who was a friend of our family vote. Yeah, discrimination was still common then. I knew she was furious through the whole process, but she was sincerely charming with that man. And as soon as we were out of earshot she looked down at my under 5 y.o. self and said "And that, L.T. is how you gather more flies with honey than vinegar!!" I've never forgotten the lesson.
2.health- For me its a holistic thing. I'm not thin, doubt I ever will be. But I am looking for that balance that keeps my body functioning well, my mind spry and calm, and spirit hmmm....expansive. Get any one of them too far out of balance and all of me becomes ill.
3. break- OK Donal, I need some help here. break? how or what? I think I'm being dense
edit: oh duh! how about break as in "in the break" where we get to show off the pretty planform of the plane! That is a good and happy interpretation of break!
4. wisdom- I think this must be some way of living one's life with some grace and dignity. I'm not thinking of some sort of high minded ivory tower sort of concept that is not in touch with reality and all life's ups and downs. But a practical sort of equanimity that lets you live lightly. Somewhere in there would be some wisdom.
5.precise- nature of the beast. Wouldn't want to miss Mars due to a rounding error! But in truth, I'm an engineer, not a scientist. I have no interest in precision for its own sake alone. (not nearly as OCD as some...) Precision is one of the variables that can be traded against others. If I'm building a piano, well OK, you want to get it right. If I'm building a lean to chicken coop, some precision can be sacrificed.
1.sweet- Ha,ha! OK, my first thought was "Honey, you are dating yourself!" Espeially if that is the first word! But I suppose I am guilty as charged even still..... I think "sweet" has almost developed some negative connotations, sort of implying a lack of perception, or maturity or even common sense. I don't think I am naive (not too often anyway) or a pushover. But I suppose in the manner of being pleasant and optimistic in my relations with people, I am sweet. When I was very young, my momma trotted me down to the polling site one election day and sweet talked a man of her father's generation into remembering his better angel and letting a black woman who was a friend of our family vote. Yeah, discrimination was still common then. I knew she was furious through the whole process, but she was sincerely charming with that man. And as soon as we were out of earshot she looked down at my under 5 y.o. self and said "And that, L.T. is how you gather more flies with honey than vinegar!!" I've never forgotten the lesson.
2.health- For me its a holistic thing. I'm not thin, doubt I ever will be. But I am looking for that balance that keeps my body functioning well, my mind spry and calm, and spirit hmmm....expansive. Get any one of them too far out of balance and all of me becomes ill.
3. break- OK Donal, I need some help here. break? how or what? I think I'm being dense
edit: oh duh! how about break as in "in the break" where we get to show off the pretty planform of the plane! That is a good and happy interpretation of break!
4. wisdom- I think this must be some way of living one's life with some grace and dignity. I'm not thinking of some sort of high minded ivory tower sort of concept that is not in touch with reality and all life's ups and downs. But a practical sort of equanimity that lets you live lightly. Somewhere in there would be some wisdom.
5.precise- nature of the beast. Wouldn't want to miss Mars due to a rounding error! But in truth, I'm an engineer, not a scientist. I have no interest in precision for its own sake alone. (not nearly as OCD as some...) Precision is one of the variables that can be traded against others. If I'm building a piano, well OK, you want to get it right. If I'm building a lean to chicken coop, some precision can be sacrificed.