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friday
april
25  
2014
 

 

not about the walk 

beastly imagination

[from The Best of SNIPPETS] 


I was zipping along through our neighborhood, just my sneakers and me, on a beautiful after-work afternoon feeling the simple pleasure of daylight living longer.

A UPS truck was parked at a neighbor's house and I watched the UPS girl begin to walk across the large expanse of lawn with a brown package in her hand. Yet when she heard dogs barking, she stopped to listen closely to which direction the yapping may have erupted. She couldn't see them behind the house and wanted to ensure no 4-legged animal was coming to munch on her.

The girl began again toward the house, but decided she wasn't taking any biting chances with these unseen doggies, and instead retreated to her truck. I called across the yard, "It's okay! They're fenced." And she trusted, and finished the delivery onto the porch, packing up her fear as well.

How often do we stop ourselves from doing something because we fear something we cannot see? Our imagination sneaks an imaginary beast into the scenario, ready to pounce us, when sometimes our worries are based on nothing. Instead, we chicken out to what we want to try, and retreat to safety.

Fear not, remain strong. Let's get the package all the way to the porch.

 

  

Ciao, until you snippet again ...
 
Suzanne Molino Singleton
creator of SNIPPETS
(since 2006)




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