Chop Wood Haul Water

My new mantra, I've used it before.

I've gone through this before, and as I type I have a cat burrowing under my left arm. She knows whats up, she knows she's leaving in couple month, no one to wrestle her anymore. If anything I'll miss Kitteh the longest.

My mantra, "chop wood haul water" is so simple yet has so many meanings. I'm going to write it everyday on the mirror before I brush my teeth. Just keep working and you'll get through this.

Chopping wood, compartmentalizing problems, breaking them down. You cannot carry a tree, it is too much of a burden to do so. Chop it up into more manageable problems and you've solved the problem.

Haul water, carry what you need with you, these are the lessons learned. Water is vital for life, lessons are vital for the soul. This is your friend, this is the happy moments that you'll never regret. You wouldn't bother carrying bad water. Take the good and leave the bad.

Everyday I'll mutter these to myself, everyday since it happened I have been muttering it to myself. It doesn't control the anger, it does make it more manageable, more focused and more useful that outright fear, sadness, etc.

It's not easy to lose someone you planned to be with for the rest of your life, eventually you'll get over it, eventually I'll get over it.

By chopping wood and hauling water.