Blooming interesting. Tuesday January 24, 2012

The other day we heard from Ali, a Moodscoper with an intriguing take on things, which I'm delighted to pass on.

Like a lot of people, Ali loves having a vase of flowers in her home.

In her email to us she goes on to say:

'If there are seven in the vase and one dies, I take it out and throw it away so I can carry on enjoying the other six.

'I wouldn't throw away the whole bunch because one was ruined would I?

'In the same way, if I have a bad day I write it off as a failure at the end, but I don't give up on the rest of the week. That would be like throwing out all seven flowers at once, wouldn't it?'

What a lovely suggestion.

When something (or some day) goes wrong, there can be a tendency to catastrophise, to assume that the whole house of cards is crashing down when in reality the damage is generally only limited.

Too right Ali.

Better to have a vase which is six-sevenths full rather than an empty one.

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