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Hopalong:
((((((((TT))))))))

Thank you, dear woman.

humbly,

Hops

sKePTiKal:
Hops:

You've held my hand (and given me the necessary gentle kicks in the butt) ever since I've been here. That means, I'll walk through even something like this, along with you. As long as it takes and I still can; walk that is... I hope that there's a Christmas miracle in store for you & D. But that's hope: wishing, caring, dreaming, fantasizing...

Faith is something different. I've been told I don't have any - but I question the source! ;)   I think I just interpret the science of statistics in such a way, that I believe... (and for some, that amounts to faith)... that good prevails, outcomes are always better than we can predict, that even "bad" situations and events have some silver linings... and sure, sometimes that's all in how one sees things. I can't remember... doesn't a piece of buttered toast fall just slightly more often "butter up" than "butter down"? (Now I've got to look it up...)

I'm going to remind you now, of the biggest thing you've taught me that helps the most, when I'm in one of those un-resolvable, conflicted, damned if you, damned if you don't situations; when you've considered all the useful ideas and there's something risky or wrong with all of them... when there's one piece of the puzzle that remains tantalizingly out of reach, to start processes moving:

Release the Outcome.

Sometimes all we can do - and the best thing to do - is trust in the forces of the universe (and statistics) to take over where we left off; or gave our last best effort before collapsing in exhaustion. Where we weren't heard, where we had no influence, where no matter how much we cared... we couldn't fix things or people.

I hope this works as well for you - this time - as it's worked for me. Now, about that buttered toast...

sKePTiKal:
Toast & Butter:

OK, I was half-right and half-wrong... in other words it depends on how HIGH the toast is dropped from, as to whether it falls butter up/down, more often. The higher it's dropped... the better the chances it will land butter up. (That's an oddly comforting statistic to me...)

From a typical counter-height... significantly more often, it lands butter down.

Hopalong:
Thank you, (((((((((((((((PR))))))))))))))))))).
Heist on me own petard (in a good way)...

And your second post made me laugh --  :lol:

I'm feeling a little better today, more like I'm releasing more.

Staying busy helps too. Work, for all I complain, is a good distraction.

I really appreciate your support.

xo
Hops

sKePTiKal:
How are you Hops?

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