If you have large monsters in your closet, you should call them out, have a conversation with them, and talk them down to size. Also, you should remember that you're in charge.
If a kid has a broken leg, you don't send him in to play a soccer game. You give him a cast, and let him rest a while, and wait for the bones to knit themselves back together. Making him play too early could ruin that leg for good.
If you're in a room that's filling with smoke, you should leave the room and take a big breath in. Then, if you really need to, you can go back in and deal with the fire.
Sometimes it's good to reckon with the storm. Other times it's good to be safe.
Cooking pumpkin seeds at too high a temperature burns them all. Better to cook them slowly and be quite satisfied, than hurry and ruin the whole batch.
Sometimes, if we are really serious about getting back home, we have to take a trip to Oz first. Sometimes going home means having to face witches, and flying monkeys, and talking things through with the Scarecrow, Tinman, and Cowardly Lion. In other words: sometimes going forward, means going back. And sometimes, getting back means going through-- for a looong ways.
Apologies for the riddling. It's easier to put things abstractly today.
1 comment:
You are an amazing riddler. All of those are right on.
In fact, you're so smart that I'm going to give you a riddle:
-Take the first 4 letters of your last name.
-Keep the first letter first.
-Put the second letter last.
-Put the third letter second.
-Put the fourth letter third.
What's that spell?
One of your biggest gifts and attributes!
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