A few days ago something happened that amused me. Every morning this week I've been applying a coat of paint to the iron parts of paper and iron bowls in progress. One morning, somehow I flipped the container of paint onto the floor. Wow! What a splatter! I had dodged it myself, and it was a tiny quantity of paint, but it had really gone far. I set to work with wet paper towels and got it up reasonably well. Then I returned to painting my piece, which still looked ok. No terrible drips or sags had developed.
This is not hilarious so far, so I'm coming to the amusing part. Having been listening to Eckhart Tolle's workshop, Realizing the Power of Now, I was alert for thoughts. I saw that my mind produced an instant story, entitled "I really had trouble painting this morning." I nudged this a bit and my mind replied "That's my story and I'm sticking to it."
For the rest of the day, I noticed that the story was still running at the back of my mind. "Poor me. I really had trouble painting this morning....That's my story and I'm sticking to it." It gave me quite a few smiles all day. Even I recognize that I can be very stubborn, but stubbornly unhappy? OK....
Well, that's my amusing story....and I'm sticking to it....
8:46:42 AM 
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