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Think Pink

October 15, 2006

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Pink Clover ~Canon 30d

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
~ Mother Teresa

Cotton candy, bubble gum, pepto bismal, piglets, lip gloss and a smiling healthy glow. That's what I think, when I think pink.

Unfortunately, I haven't felt very pinkish. The last week or so has been filled with unexpected disappointments, unforseen circumstances, frustrations, and the hint of possible loss looming over the horizon. You can lay the best plans. Give adequate time. Ask all the right questions. Request commitment and reassurances. The best of intentions might dwell in the hearts and spirits of everyone involved, but sometimes things simply don't go according to plan. Sometimes, shit happens. Sometimes you have to sit back and allow another person to do the best he can with what she has, and find a way to walk away from judgements and expectations. Sometimes, you have to let go of what might have been and embrace the real deal and make a way for what still could be. Sometimes, your small, warm, creative, single-minded, hard-working, focused, crazy, gifted, obnoxious, wonderful, terrified, magical, self-centered, simple, human hands can pull off only so much. Sometimes when you rely on other people, they astound, impress, annoy, fail you and bless you.

That's life. It's messy. It's gloriously unpredictable, magnificently unfair, wonderfully annoying and splendidly stupid. Cotton candy has a way of making everything sticky. Bubble gum is saccharine sweet. Pepto bismal doesn't always coat, sooth and protect, and the warm healthy glow drains out of your head and out through your feet. If it weren't for the glaring disappointments in life, the heavens would lose their luster, and there would be no blackest dark for our inner stars to light up.

Think pink. It's the only creative, reasonable, life-affirming, loving alternative.

It's not as bad as you think ~ so think pink.

Posted by vincent at October 15, 2006 01:02 PM

Comments

I'll never see the color pink again without thinking about this entry of yours.

Posted by: janet at October 15, 2006 04:11 PM

pretty in pink, even if it has a few red dots to confuse the eyes, heart, faith, promised ones...i love this post!

Posted by: tongue in cheek at October 16, 2006 09:28 AM

i love this susan!

i used to have a professor who would tell us when we complained about something being unfair, 'life is fair. everyone gets screwed.'...i guess in that sense it is fair...everyone does get screwed...

Posted by: la vie en rose at October 16, 2006 03:36 PM

Yes, and I guess we all learn this lesson the hard way, if we do at all. It isn't really the "natural" response. I keep thinking of the Amish families of the young girls who were killed this month in Pennsylvania. I heard they are skilled at forgiving because they begin practicing forgiveness from the time they can talk. Someone on tv said practice makes perfect. So start practicing forgiveness in the small things, and forgiving the big things will come much more naturally and easier.

It's helpful to me to remember it's only a matter of time before I am the one who lets somebody down. No one is perfect. The more we forgive each other, the more we can forgive ourselves, and the other way around. I write this stuff because I need to hear it myself. I'm still learning!

Posted by: susan at October 16, 2006 03:47 PM

Hi Susan, I was about to comment on a post you posted right after this one but it's gone now. Hope it will come back. :-))

Posted by: rk at October 17, 2006 12:29 AM

It's gone? how did THAT happen? I had two versions, must have deleted the live one instead of the draft... it'll be up in a minute. This is what happens when you try to tidy up!

:)
Susan

Posted by: susan at October 17, 2006 09:12 AM