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Alrighty then! Now that we’ve admitted that we have problems — which of course we DID if we wrote about our problem-solving techniques — Learning to Fall wants us to look just a little deeper. I hope you’ll put some thought into this question. I doubt many of us would normally stop to think about this.
You ready? Put on your thinkin’ caps!
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What usually happens in your mind
when you fail to solve a problem?
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I think this is an interesting question. I could jokingly say I throw a temper tantrum, but that’s just skirting the issue. I’ll have to ponder this question for a while… How about you? Ever thought about this? Do we NEED to think about this? Would it help us CHANGE some of our unwanted behaviors?
As always, remember to include the link to this post on YOUR blog post. Or if your response isn’t overly long, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. And please feel free to interpret the prompt however you wish: memoirs, poems, pictures, etc.
If you would like to see the previous prompts, they’re listed in the menu at the top of the blog in The Sandbox Writing Challenge. But please feel free to just jump in wherever we are at the moment! After all, the prompts are really for YOU to get to know YOURSELF. (Posts from past prompts you wish to tackle will always be added to the current week’s challenge page.)
So there we have it for this week. Your answers might surprise you! And by the way, I’m definitely looking for feedback about the questions from this book. Too simple? Too complicated? Let me know what you think because I can always look for another book.
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Ladyleemanila’s post (ladyleemanila) — The girl in green
Linda’s post (Spiritual Dragonfly) — It’s All In My Head
Safar’s post (Blisters, Bunions & Blarney) — Hecate’s Lamp
S.T. Summers post (Writing With Some Ink and a Hammer) — Failure
Raili’s post (soulgifts — Telling Tales) — What was I thinking?
Calen’s post (Impromptu Promptlings) — The Problem With Problems…
Lori’s post (As the Fates Would Have It) — It’s all in your head!
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Oppppss. Found a typo. Sorry.
Failure
I, like the bullfrog
perched on a log
among the green reeds
drooping beneath
the heft of an afternoon,
after its failed
to snatch the dragonfly
humming, hovering
above its rest like a grand idea,
will turn my face upward
and know the sun is still warm.
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Ooo! Hard choice…
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A bit of philosophy here…interesting. Hmmmmmmmm.
As I Fail
I’ll, like the bullfrog
perched on a log
among the green reeds
drooping beneath
the heft of an afternoon,
will turn my face upward
and know the sun is still warm.
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Love this – a wonderful thought to hold.
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Thank you!
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This one is much more inclusive than the other. This one lets in the whole human race. This is my favorite…
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I run through decision making and problem solving with clients all the time. Failure is such a paralyzing word that I tend to stay away from it.
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I remember a student once getting a B grade on an essay saying – ‘Oh, no, I’ve failed’. I know exactly what you mean.
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I think a person needs to be introduced to the concept of failure being part of learning, growing, maturing at a very young age to protect them from the devastation that is wreaked in some lives like your clients, Jay, and your students, Safar. There’s something so freeing about knowing it’s ok to fail, but ONLY if that understanding is in a positive light. Otherwise I think it remains negative all our lives. I know very few parents who have actually been able to instill a non-fear of that word in their kids, however.
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An interesting question. My first response is that I don’t remember failing to solve a problem. But I’ll have to think about it. Not sure how to do this one with ‘Gaia’s’ voice. But, just as I wrote that, an idea started to formulate in my mind. Perhaps I could consider the notion of choices – coming to a crossroads – as a problem? Hmmmmm…. could be interesting.
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You don’t remember ever failing to solve a problem??? You’re awesome! 😀 I can’t wait to see what you come up with.
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I think I have one now!! Always a first!
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Yay! Glad it got your brain workin’.
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I read this post earlier this evening, and I’ve come back to it several times since. I’m surrounded by unsolved problems, but they’re not mine as such – so there’s nothing I can do except live with them – and try to avoid the events which may exacerbate my worries.
My mum liked the word exacerbate…
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Those are the worst ones. Like us not being able to have time together because Bran is living with us. We can’t fix it. You’d think at some point your mind would just give up trying to, wouldn’t you?
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I believe my mind has. I’ve finally learned to take the advice of Family’s anonymous (my support group), and try to enjoy my life in spite of unsolved problems.
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I need to take that advice, too. We both really need to let go, eh? ❤
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My mind just worries at it until it’s solved.
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I’m like that with most problems, too. I’m not sure I ever quite give up, even if it doesn’t seem to work out. Unless, of course, I run and hide!!!
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