“In the fictional universes of Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Fantasy, Nurgle is one of the four major Chaos gods.”

Hmmm… so belly button lint = nurgle = chaos. Makes perfect sense to me!

And I don’t know if there’s a technical term for BBL, but here’s a couple of translations I found:

Pig Latin: ellybay uttonbay intlay
Japanese Kanji: 臍のゴマ
Japanese Katana: へそのゴマ

But still, you have a point; experience can make facing the walls much easier, I’ll tell ya. You’re less likely to suffer from the “can’t” syndrome, for instance, if you have a lot of successes under your belt you can “point to”. And there aren’t many “template” type solutions out there either.

my neighborhood kids and I built a town mimicking our own from a similar sand pile when I was young - it was a summer adventure for sure — know what I loved about sand? How warm it was in the sun.

thanks for that memory

when i get overwhelmed or hit a brick wall I shut down - and when i shu down or spin my wheels it’s usually time to refocus

i have learned that if I dump all of the issues into a journal or a blog post ( ha!) that I tend to solve my own problems or somehow answers come - it’s that law of attraction stuff - i am not a devout follower of all of that - I just feel if I ask the right questions or any question at all - the answers appear.

i apply this to intense things like how will i pay this bill, to things like I don’t quite know where to put this item away - usually a pause and an asking will solve these things for me

I also think it’s great to pose the same question your peers - often they aren’t as attached as I am and their insight is invaluable

curious what part 2 brings

Let’s just applaud both times! Why not? Judging from past experience, I’m sure both posts will deserve it!

Jeanne

That advice is applicable to just about every other endeavor we undertake; even if you’re not feeling like a (pick one: poet, writer, shoemaker, coach, etc.), we should just act one.

That was hard for me at first. Seemed almost… I don’t know, fake. But what I found was when I quit resisting (for whatever reason), settled down and just did the things I was supposed to do, they got easier! It’s kinda like Yogi Berra said about baseball: 90% is mental, the other half is physical. Weird, huh?

If I’m stuck on a poem, I go read great poems. If I’m stuck on a story, I go read great stories.

The bigger issue is what to do when my daily chores start to feel like a wall. When I don’t want to edit–or answer my email–or meet deadlines. That’s a kind of wall that just takes discipline. I’ve got to open up the ladder and climb over my own bad attitude. Or whatever. The metaphors are thick because its late.

Good to see you on Twitter!

But I do appreciate the kind words. Maybe we should, er, hold the applause, though, until Part 2 comes out. I mean, you never know…

… naaaah! Go ahead and applause; I can use all the encouragement I can get!

What a wealth of wisdom–and wonderful advice–you always provide! Love the water analogy!

I often meet challenges in this straightforward, unrelenting way. In fact, I sometimes turn things into challenges by meeting them this way. But, once I come to my senses, I usually manage to smooth them over!

Thanks!
Jeanne

And you’ll note there were only three posts this week, Brad…