When is painful, painful?
I get the question a lot just how painful is too painful? At what point is it worth validating just how painful something is. Because at the moment you validate it with an attachment of pain, is the moment that you are forced to acknowledge that something is not working, which puts you in a position of having two options continue in pain, or take action to correct the problem.
A while back, I needed a Bluetooth headset, or rather a new one to replace the one that had been obliterated after many hours of servitude. So after much debate and careful consideration online, I went to pick one up that had been given an award of editor’s choice on Cnet. I figured on every possible aspect of this headset except one critical piece, the comfort in my ear. So after quickly unpackaging and pairing with my phone I called a good friend, and proceeded to test it out. No farther than out of the parking lot of the very store that had purchased it from, I started feeling a progressive stabbing pain in my ear. Actually it felt like an ice pick, a bluetooth icepick! So, I commented to my friend not once, but about every two blocks about the pain, in between of course asking about call quality, which was of course superior to anything I had tried before. Not wanting to give up on what seemed to be an all but inclusive headset that had everything I could have hoped and dreamed for. (Ok, I realize what praise I’m attributing to a mere mortal headset, however, when one spends as much time on the phone as we advisors do, call quality is an absolute must. So, I can and do get very excited about this sort of thing.) I kept commenting of course on the pain. Finally I said to her, “How painful is painful?” I was of course inquisitively asking unconsciously for approval that this really was my solution and I was either not really feeling as much pain as I first thought, or that it was something that would go away on its own. Of course it did not. And finally in desperation, she said sharply, “Oh for crying out loud, Becky, take the darned thing back!” Despite my protests, she, the voice of reason, just said, “it obviously is making you in pain, it’s not getting better, and you have two choices, either accept it, or take it back.” Obviously she meant for me to take it back, not to sit there and suffer in pain silently. And so listening to her, I turned around and drove back; I was only of course a few blocks away after all. It was a relatively painless process to exchange it for the previous year’s model, which of course was a different design that was much more comfortable and the same technology for call quality.
Eager to see if my choice panned out, I delved into the packaging a second time. Success! It was such a remarkable difference from the other one, if I had not trusted in her that I really was in pain and acknowledged my choices, I would have endured much more pain, all for something that wasn’t working when I could have been enjoying something so much more comfortable. Unfortunately relationships do not have the same guarantee on exchanges. There is always the fear of what if I discontinue and the next one is not forthcoming. This is when the importance of the initial argument is what drives your decision. Just, how painful, is too painful? So, if you need someone to kick it around with, just make an arrange, or put in a call and we’ll take a look see.
Love as always,
Divine
My beloved Moose passed away yesterday. :( He was 16 years old and passed quietly in my arms. I am happy for him, but sad for me. I felt the need to share for those that had been aware of his presence.
Divine.
Happy 2008!
As I look back over the past year, and forward to the next, one resolution that stands out for me on Keen would have to be the blog. I have wanted to get one up and going for so long, but just never quite had the time, so of course this year my resolution to all of you is to try to post something each day that I log on. Whether it be general Keen "business" or anything neat and interesting. Well, today falls under neat and interesting section. As I was cruising youtube looking for something nice, I came across this new millenium/freedom mix video of Kenny G's Auld Lang Syne along with video. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
If that doesn't work try this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq-GMkqVUFw
I can never listen to this music without resolved faith that right prevail and overcome adversity no matter what the cause. Anytime I listen to a song one line will usually stand out above the rest that I come to remember that song by, with this one, it would have to be the one by Robert Kennedy, "There are those who look at things the way the are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?". That stands out to me of all the possibility and opprounity of spirit that we have and how great things would be if every person out there did one thing... Leaving you now, to find your own one thing to differently to make a difference this new year of 2008!
Peace, Blessings, and Prosperity to you,
Divine Love.