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Pretty much. Examples of me doing otherwise have usually turned out to have unintended and sometimes undesirable consequences.
Never write anything substantive without thinking. Never come to a conclusion without pausing and thinking some more.
Pauses are good. Time spent in as much stillness as we can manage can often be helpful.
I totally agree with thee MrWitch and have struggled with not pausing enough for years. I tend to speak/act fast. I say I'd rather act and have to re-do than do nothing. Because doing/sayng nothing is really tough on me. Sometimes it works out. Sometimes it doesn't. I often think the way Trump speaks...stream of consciousness that just floods out in no particular order. One thing triggers another thing triggers five more things triggers 25 more things and I'm off and running. It's like a faucet that can't be shut off. It does not always work to my benefit. It's the same with patience. I have none. I know it and it doesn't help at all. When I'm in the throes of something I forget to try to be patient and only afterwards when it's too late do I realize I screwed up again. I like pauses. I need to learn how to incorporate more of them in my thoughts/ words/actions. Do you have to plan for them, script them in advance or can you ad lib as you go along? Thank you for your thoughtful reply MrWitch and Happy Wednesday! :)
Whenever anything disturbs my equanimity Rosie, I repeat an old carpenter's phrase - 'Measure twice, cut once'. It's so old I suspect Joseph would have said it. :) It's a quick and simple way of reminding ourselves not to rush except when there's no choice.
Jim says that all the time and he says his dad used to say it all the time! I tend to measure once and cut twice. Once doing it the wrong way
and the other time trying to correct it! Jim has said if I find resistance in something I should ask him about it and not just force it and then break it. I'm the breaker in the family and he is the fixer! Thank you for your reply MrWitch and Happy Thursday! :)
