Comments on: Battery Death http://www.apartment2024.com/2006/07/31/battery-death/ Food, family and synchronicity, in mostly equal parts Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:23:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Apartment 2024 » Blog Archive » Water feature in my closet http://www.apartment2024.com/2006/07/31/battery-death/#comment-21730 Apartment 2024 » Blog Archive » Water feature in my closet Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:14:43 +0000 http://www.apartment2024.com/2006/07/31/battery-death/#comment-21730 [...] It’s funny, this near-miss has left me filled joy.  I know that sounds counter-intuitive, but I’m just so appreciative that something could go so wrong and cause so few problems in the long run.  When I had first seen the notice about the water shut-off today I had planned to get up and out before 9 am, so that I wouldn’t have to wait around all day to take a shower.  But last night I had a hard time falling asleep, and forgetting that they were turning the water off, I let myself sleep in a bit this morning, cutting off my plan for early escape.  So I was here when it happened and caught it fairly quickly.  It’s sort of like when my car battery died last summer.  It was totally inconvenient, but in the end worked out beautifully. [...] [...] It’s funny, this near-miss has left me filled joy.  I know that sounds counter-intuitive, but I’m just so appreciative that something could go so wrong and cause so few problems in the long run.  When I had first seen the notice about the water shut-off today I had planned to get up and out before 9 am, so that I wouldn’t have to wait around all day to take a shower.  But last night I had a hard time falling asleep, and forgetting that they were turning the water off, I let myself sleep in a bit this morning, cutting off my plan for early escape.  So I was here when it happened and caught it fairly quickly.  It’s sort of like when my car battery died last summer.  It was totally inconvenient, but in the end worked out beautifully. [...]

]]> By: Nelumbo http://www.apartment2024.com/2006/07/31/battery-death/#comment-2468 Nelumbo Mon, 14 Aug 2006 04:40:16 +0000 http://www.apartment2024.com/2006/07/31/battery-death/#comment-2468 We had a similar experience this summer; we took the car on a long road trip to visit family, and then the next week the transmission blew about 2 miles from our house. Ellen put it very eloquently- it helps to be thankful of small favors We had a similar experience this summer; we took the car on a long road trip to visit family, and then the next week the transmission blew about 2 miles from our house. Ellen put it very eloquently- it helps to be thankful of small favors

]]> By: Ellen http://www.apartment2024.com/2006/07/31/battery-death/#comment-2160 Ellen Tue, 01 Aug 2006 10:43:22 +0000 http://www.apartment2024.com/2006/07/31/battery-death/#comment-2160 There was an advice column letter I read years and years ago that went something like "I feel like the luckiest person alive - I always seem to get the best breaks" and then cited things like being almost done with doing outside yardwork (or something similar) right as it's starting to rain, and wasn't it wonderful to just keep making thinks at just the right time. The columnist said it was no coincidence - just a worldview - that a lesser person would always be griping, like "aw, man, I didn't get to finish the yardwork because wouldn't you know it started raining. I never catch a break". Frequently when I read your entries I get a very strong sense of the former streak in you and it does make me more inclined to look for that silver lining myself - that often we choose to be blessed rather than cursed based on who we are inside and not what life gives us. There was an advice column letter I read years and years ago that went something like “I feel like the luckiest person alive - I always seem to get the best breaks” and then cited things like being almost done with doing outside yardwork (or something similar) right as it’s starting to rain, and wasn’t it wonderful to just keep making thinks at just the right time. The columnist said it was no coincidence - just a worldview - that a lesser person would always be griping, like “aw, man, I didn’t get to finish the yardwork because wouldn’t you know it started raining. I never catch a break”.

Frequently when I read your entries I get a very strong sense of the former streak in you and it does make me more inclined to look for that silver lining myself - that often we choose to be blessed rather than cursed based on who we are inside and not what life gives us.

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