If Only, What If, and So What?
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How to Flash-Freeze Your Muse
Surely you've heard their hot-breathed harrassment. What If and If Only, cousins in crime, have one mission in mind: to tarnish our enthusiasm and plant worry across our path. They toss your carefully-laid time management goals out the window.
Lurking in the shadows, this despressing duo shows up everywhere--yes, even around the water cooler at The Answer Deck, where they try to convince us we're incapable of creating a decent lens. Hear their whispers? They're experts at flash-freezing our muse. Trust me; I've had to thaw out many a muse since arriving @Squidoo.
So What arrives on the scene with a bullhorn. "So what if you've completed the best lens ever. Who cares?"
Stay strong! Button down the hatches and keep your eyes on the goal. Together, we can avoid those pathetic purveyors of gloom 'n doom.
You've found this lens. It's a step in the right direction.
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Contents at a Glance
Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.
- Dr. Seuss
Do you believe it?
Chicken Little Suffers Meltdown!
This just in from our Washington News Bureau: "Chicken Little has had a run-in with the evil cousins IO and WI last evening. He has developed a raging fever and a case of IOWI (If Only-What If). Currently under quarantine at Squidoo General Hospital, he's receiving treatment by a team of doctors who have placed him on a controlled regiment of soft music, a whole-grain diet, frequent hugs and Attachicks aimed at stress reduction."
Note: For you newcomers to the C.L. drama, it all began one day with a simple conversation with his colleagues:
CL: "YIKES! Sky's falling! See--right up there above that old oak?"
Hens: "Uhhh...we don't see anything, Chicken. You've been daydreaming again, haven't you? Tsk-tsk!"
CL: "What's wrong with you hens? I said THE SKY IS FALLING! Can't you see that? Looks like it's shifted at least six inches in the past week."
Hens: "Hmm. Don't see it. Sorry, pal."
According to bystanderes, their rejection sent C.L. into a heated tailspin, leaving his immune system vulnerable to a full-feathered Meltdown.
C.L. welcomes brief Tweets and notes of support. Please help reverse his pathetic prognosis by adding an encouraging message to the list below. (*You'll note symptoms of his sinking condition reflected in the first seven entries, which he made shortly after his diagnosis.)
Without the support of concerned friends and lensmasters, our beloved Chicken Little stands to lose both his pecking order and his chickalatious dignity.
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I feel so Happy
share with Insomnia Symptoms to push up, test ... more...1 point
If Only the sky weren't hanging over me night and day...
then I'd be out of harm's way.0 points
What if the dentist is on vacation and the sky destroys his office?
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You're a CHICKEN, so get used to it!!
Look on the bright side. If the sky really is fall more...0 points
Get new friends, Chicken
Your friends aren't behind you. Find friends who w more...0 points
no, keep your friends but add a hobby
Friends like yours take too much upkeep!!!0 points
Stare at the sky until others join you
It'll gain you respect. Don't you want respect, CL more...0 points
Just go back to square one
Start over.
Maybe they'll believe you if you tell them more...0 points
So what if everyone thinks you're nuts
Half the barnyard population has issues, anyway.0 points
http://www.planetgiftbaskets.com/Sympathy-Gift-Books-s/31.htm
Sympathy Gift Books more...0 points
http://sympathygifts.blogspot.com/
This blog discusses how we can offer the gift of s more...0 points
Humanly Speaking...
If only it would rain so our flowers don't wilt.
If only it would snow.
If only it would warm up so we could take that hike.
If only it weren't so hot.
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This winter, we've had more than our share of snow. Now, not to be picky, but I personally prefer around 3.75 days of snow. It's more manageable that way. The first three days of snowfall usually goes something like this:
► Oh, look! It's STILL snowing! WOW! I don't think I've ever seen flakes this big, have you? I could glue myself to this window and watch all day.
► Wowzers! You should see our sparkly street. I think we're in for another couple more inches of snow tonight, too. I wouldn't care if we got two feet of the white stuff! Looks magical, doesn't it?
► Psssst! Hon, wake up! Can you hear that? It's so q-u-i-e-t, like a blanket has been thrown over the world. It must be snowing again. Hold on...I'll go check.
...YES! I was right! It's SNOWING! Wow, I don't think we've ever had this much snow within three days, have we?
Day Four:
If Only - What If @Amazon
Books to soothe the worrywart in you
Worry never paid a bill, worry never climbed a hill.
It just developed bleeding ulcers.
If Only We Had...
oh, really?
▊ If only we had a gazillion more lenses.
▊ If only we had more topics so we could create a gazillion more lenses.
▊ If only we had more life experiences that would generate more topics, so we could create a gazillion more lenses.
▊ If only we had more time to make room for more life experiences that would generate more topics, so we could create a gazillion more lenses.
▊ If only we had a new alarm clock so we could get up earlier to make room for more life experiences that would generate more topics, so we could create a gazillion more lenses.
▊ If only we had a better night's sleep so we would feel more alert if we had a new alarm clock so we could get up earlier to make room for more life experiences that would generate more topics, so we could create a gazillion more lenses.
But what if we did?
How would we balance all that excitement?
Our Favorite "If Only's", "What If's", and "So What's"
Everybody has moments of "What if I'd chosen another route...?" or "If only I hadn't been carried off to Timbuktu...".*Notice: This is an exercise in humility. Sorry, there will be no consolation prizes. If only I'd thought of that, I could have gone shopping. Sorry!
Choices are the hinges of life. Sometimes we rush in too fast, or lag back when we should step out and keep on going. Many of my choices have been wise. Others have been spontaneous, like the time I braced my knee against a skinny tree trunk and leaned waaaaay out to take a photo of water rushing over a cliff at the top of a 187-foot waterfall. Not the brightest decision of my life!
Here are three "What if's" that have crossed my mind.
I dare you to add your own below.
Dreams of digging...
What if I'd followed my 6th-grade daydreams and be more...0 points
The Last Photo
What if I'd fallen the day I captured the photo at more...0 points
Accident on the Interstate
What if I'd have not stopped at the wreck to call more...0 points
If I had bought a bike instead of a gas hog
I would still be able to pay all my bills.0 points
SO WHAT if I flunked algebra?
I can still balance a checkbook. It's all good.0 points
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This webcam personals site also serves as a dating more...0 points
YouTube Explains It All
A Predictable Greeting
I once knew a person who'd cross my path three mornings a week, when I'd drop my daughter off at preschool. This was 30 years ago, but her monotone voice is still embedded in my brain. Why? Because she was the Queen of If Only--a chronic grumbler who could have found something to complain about even if it were raining money bags.
IF ONLY I CAN GET THROUGH THIS DAY...! Every single conversation began with that same groan. I don't recall her ever looking at the sky and mentioning how beautiful our morning was, or sharing a story about the fun of raising a preschooler. Her greeting got to be so predictable, it was hard to keep a straight face. I even assigned her an acronym.
She was the IOICGTTD woman. Her one-way conversations would have lasted hours if I'd stood there "Uh-huhing" and dishing out overdoses of sympathy. I'm actually a pretty nice person, unless you catch me after a sleepless night and before coffee. But this was too much. I'd try taking a few steps away, to signal that I was, like, leaving. It never worked. She'd follow.
I've often wondered what happened to her, and how her daughter turned out. I have a hunch that her daughter is probably dropping a child off at preschool and moaning about her day to anyone within earshot.
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spirituality Nov 22, 2009 @ 11:47 am | delete
- Great lens, but you knew that :) Just wanted to remind you that this is featured on the Humor and Hilarity Headquarters: http://www.squidoo.com/groups/humor_hilarity
It's now transformed into a lensography and I would love it if you could feature it here, or lensroll it or something.
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CherylK Jun 9, 2009 @ 6:44 pm | delete
- I love this lens. Don't we all know people like that? I must confess that I've probably uttered an "if only" or two in my time but not very often. Life's too short not to appreciate all the good stuff.
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- Great lens - you've been blessed by a squidoo angel :)
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ElizabethJeanAllen
Jan 26, 2009 @ 7:02 pm | delete
- Welcome to The Totally Awesome Lenses Group.
Lizzy
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chefkeem
Jan 13, 2009 @ 10:01 pm | delete
- If you wouldn't have made such fabulous lenses...you Giant! Go blog about it, in the Valley of the Giants. Preferably. Soon. 5*s. Blessing. :)
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