Today, I have had a skewed perspective.
Putting things into perspective is something I do not do well, concentrating on the little bug-bears is annoying, indeed, but so often, I just can't help myself. To alter the way of thinking, to perceive the true place of minor worries is a skill I have yet to master.
Perceptions can be peculiar. How such little parts of the big picture can be focussed on so intently when in reality, in the grand scheme of things, they are so ultimately insignificant. That the world will keep turning, and life has a funny, funny way of helping you out.
Of course, it's not so easy to just let go, I don't think so. A control freak; a constant worrier; a perfectionist: that's me. It is important that I be thoroughly competent in everything I do. I hate being less than best, setting my sights and standards far too high, because I believe, if I set my mind to it, I could achieve those goals, because I can't aim for "good enough". Over-analysing and losing sleep over fretting about so many things that I could easily change or that will undoubtedly sort themselves out somewhere along the way. There's no need to worry so much.
All it takes to break away is a reshuffle of thoughts, of mind-set, of perspective, to lead the path to a more fufilling life, a content means of being.
Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
On the jukebox: Nick Drake ~ Fly
Ignorance is the first of all pleasure por moi. Illusion is a comfortable second.
ReplyDeleteAlso, what's a bug-bear? Me don't know.
By the fact my grammar has gone up the wizwang I think I should shut up and go to bed.
Night :oD
xxx
p.s. we should so create amazing children's books
Apparently, it's "a fearsome imaginary creature, especially one evoked to frighten children."
ReplyDeleteUh, I think I made it up what I wanted it to mean, maybe...like the problems that haunt me are personfied as a monster? Ha, I'm not sure where I got it from...
*few google searches later...*
"In a modern context, the term bugbear serves as a metaphor for something which is annoying or irritating. According to Webster's Dictionary, a bugbear is "an imaginary goblin or spectre used to excite fear", "an object or source of dread", or "a continuing source of irritation"
Hmm, I often use words that I don't really know the meaning of and just hope people don't notice :oD
I now want to remove the hyphen in the blog to spell the word correctly (hello, perfectionism), but since it's mentioned here, my plan to pretend I am faultless has been foiled... :oP