Ever find yourself focused on the mystery of life's leaves? By that I mean, does the picture below bother you because the flowers are out of focus? Or, does it make perfect sense because the olive inspired, rain kissed leaves are clear to you?
Sometimes, life can be like this blue-flower-green-leaf picture. Many may be mesmerized by the beautiful blue flowers and stuck on why the blossoms are fuzzier than they need to be. Yet, some cannot take their eyes off the emerald leaves. Even if weed infested, they look perfectly focused.
Perhaps, to you, the leaves are the allure. The jade colour, nonconformist shapes, prickly parts and malleable parts. The skinny ones reach farther than expected. The wide ones support more than they should. The leaves are mystical and maybe you are mystified by people who want to admire the blooms.
Sometimes all that is needed is a new lens or paradigm shift to see what others see. Sometimes you just need a few extra moments to soak it all in, whatever "it" may be. And yet, in some circumstances this ability to see the leaves for the flowers is a coveted skill. We enviously adore scientists, engineers and academics for their rebellious observations. Their maverick abilities transcend the norm and set them up for profound success.
Unfortunately, for some, much of day-to-day life is less accommodating and infinitely less patient. Failure to comprehend what everyone else seems to perceive with ease, can slow you down and set you up for failure. Maybe your insistence on the glistening light on the leaves is of no importance to all around you. Your failure to conform to bud-bountiful arrangements is seen as a failure at life's social norms.
Resilience is touted as a life skill in which one can bounce back from failure. For some, the small failures of life can be devastating and bouncing back or "getting over it" is not an innate skill. For others, failure runs off like water on a duck's back. Failure should always be taken seriously; however, failure that brings about debilitating emotions needs to be supported through coping skills.
In my own experience (again...not being a medical professional) it can take ten or more different coping strategies to find one that works. KPI aims at facilitating and sharing discussions about various coping techniques, whether your needs are big or just appear to be big to you.
I hope to be able to post and share products as well as product and book reviews. I welcome your input and comment and hope you will contact us.
Ultimately, KPI is inspired by those who are labeled as weird, eccentric or odd simply because of an attraction to life's less obvious nuances. Less obvious nuances such as a careful examination of the gleaming foliage supporting a beautiful blue flower doesn't make one odd, it makes one awesome. Whether you are on this site to help your children, yourself or the elderly, we hope we can talk about taking the edge off life's ragged points.
No single coping technique will take all the pain away.
Try anyway.
Maggie
Sometimes, life can be like this blue-flower-green-leaf picture. Many may be mesmerized by the beautiful blue flowers and stuck on why the blossoms are fuzzier than they need to be. Yet, some cannot take their eyes off the emerald leaves. Even if weed infested, they look perfectly focused.
Perhaps, to you, the leaves are the allure. The jade colour, nonconformist shapes, prickly parts and malleable parts. The skinny ones reach farther than expected. The wide ones support more than they should. The leaves are mystical and maybe you are mystified by people who want to admire the blooms.
Sometimes all that is needed is a new lens or paradigm shift to see what others see. Sometimes you just need a few extra moments to soak it all in, whatever "it" may be. And yet, in some circumstances this ability to see the leaves for the flowers is a coveted skill. We enviously adore scientists, engineers and academics for their rebellious observations. Their maverick abilities transcend the norm and set them up for profound success.
Unfortunately, for some, much of day-to-day life is less accommodating and infinitely less patient. Failure to comprehend what everyone else seems to perceive with ease, can slow you down and set you up for failure. Maybe your insistence on the glistening light on the leaves is of no importance to all around you. Your failure to conform to bud-bountiful arrangements is seen as a failure at life's social norms.
Resilience is touted as a life skill in which one can bounce back from failure. For some, the small failures of life can be devastating and bouncing back or "getting over it" is not an innate skill. For others, failure runs off like water on a duck's back. Failure should always be taken seriously; however, failure that brings about debilitating emotions needs to be supported through coping skills.
In my own experience (again...not being a medical professional) it can take ten or more different coping strategies to find one that works. KPI aims at facilitating and sharing discussions about various coping techniques, whether your needs are big or just appear to be big to you.
I hope to be able to post and share products as well as product and book reviews. I welcome your input and comment and hope you will contact us.
Ultimately, KPI is inspired by those who are labeled as weird, eccentric or odd simply because of an attraction to life's less obvious nuances. Less obvious nuances such as a careful examination of the gleaming foliage supporting a beautiful blue flower doesn't make one odd, it makes one awesome. Whether you are on this site to help your children, yourself or the elderly, we hope we can talk about taking the edge off life's ragged points.
No single coping technique will take all the pain away.
Try anyway.
Maggie
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