This and That

Today I had plans to go to the ceramic open studio, but something better intervened. I have cut back on massages to one a month and today was the day. Because it had been a month, the massage seemed much more intense and I enjoyed it a lot. An interesting thing happened on my way to the massage. Fred and I were rushing a bit to get his car out of the way of mine and get me going and in the rush, I left my stick behind. When I got to the place where Beth gives massages, I was fortunate to get a parking place quite close and so I didn’t have to walk very far, but even of I had had to park a long way away {as I have had to some days} I felt that I could have walked it with only a little limp rather than a lurch!

Yesterday I did laundry, studied Italian and watched "Dr. Who" and "Torchwood." I also did a fair amount of reading. Tomorrow I will drive into Burlington and get as many of my four cups done as I can. If I get some of them done, if I need to, I can go in before class starts at 11:45 on Tuesday, and finish. And if push comes to shove, I can just not do the work if I get too stressed. That is why I am auditing –to avoid stressing myself. But, y’know what? It is really difficult for me not to worry about grades! I have spent many many years using grades as an indication of how worthy a person I am! {Writing that down. I can see what a strange standard that is!} Well, we shall see!

Until later…

QUOTATIONS:

"Step by step. I can’t think of any other way of accomplishing anything."

Michael Jordan

None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.

Bertolt Brecht, 1933

🙂 yes,I know. Was studying for Italian too – its hard not to push myself tooo hard. The news on the hip is excellent though!

twinkling_toe

January 27, 2008

You make me wish I was retired 🙂 At least I have something to look forward to…

TheWoodsprite

What a wonderful discovery that was, that you could walk without the stick better than you thought you could! :o) !! Just try to keep in mind that the purpose of ceramics or ANY art is to have fun being creative!! and to express oneself….not to strive for grade (which would be measuring your accomplishment according to some other person’s standard)! hugs, Weesprite

Hope you can relax and enjooy being creative without even thinking about what kind of grade you will receive. Good news on the walking!

Violet

Interesting thing about grades. I’m the same way, but because I’m very competitive and need to prove that I’m as smart (or smarter) than anybody else in the class. When I audited my last class, I wasn’t getting a grade and didn’t even have to TAKE the test, let alone PASS it, but I did anyway, just for the fun of it, and my test anxiety was still just as high. Very interesting. I’m proud of youfor the limp-not-lurch thing. That’s just great!

raeven

Sometimes, just KNOWING is enough to make the change… I think it’s fabulous that you are doing something different with this class.

rapson Hussein michigan

The grade is no more an indicator of your worth than the limp/lurch or your gait. Inside gal, inside. And you know that, I am preaching to the choir. How we miss this sometimes I’ll never know. Society, advertising, songs even. Stuff! You are constantly teaching me this in your writings and here again so thank you and enjoy and have fun…dan

Pat

I have always been too hard on myself when it came to grades, too. It’s silly really. The yardstick to measure our success should only be if we learned anything or not. Great news about your hip! (((Hugs)))

emma lee

I am on a search to find a diary that isn’t so depressing and sad. I will keep you on my list and visit when I can. My husband and I want to learn Italian. We hope to visit Italy for our 10th wedding anniversary.

XOXO

January 28, 2008

Great choices of viewing. 🙂

My husband loves Dr. Who