Good Day Fabulous Folks!!!
What is your biggest fear?
How is that for a lead sentence?
We all have something that scares the crap out of us.
I have a few somethings:
1. Every one I love will die and I will be stuck on this planet alone….FOREVER
2. Tarantulas…oh, and spiders that are black and shiney…ewwwwwww
3. Percentages and Numbers
That about sums it up…hee hee!
Now, I am not particularly afraid of a number that stands alone. If I type a number 5 here…I don’t start to sweat. But, If I add an action next to the number followed by another number….I start to get a little breathy. Say I type 5+37= (WHATEVER!) …now, I am getting a little quick in my breathing. If I add multiplication or division to a set of numbers…I start to cackle….if you ask me about percentages….I just want to leave the building.
This morning when I was checking my email…I noticed an email from a lovely friend of mine…who is also number challenged. She was asking me if I knew someone who could help her figure out this thing on percentages. As I read the "thing" I noticed that my room started to move funny. I also noticed that I had NO IDEA of what she was talking about. I told her that I would ask my son (who is really good with numbers…go figure!) and I would also chat with another friend of mine who is brilliant at finding "How-to’s" on the internet.
Closing the email, I started to think about fears and companionship. She knew that I would TOTALLY understand her confusion…I felt comforted that her and I get that. Percentages and numbers freak the both of us out. We are in this together.
How come we feel soothed in the presence of our shared fears?
I try to share this "Percentages and Numbers" fear with my fella…and he totally DOES NOT get it. I think I have seen him actually roll his eyes when I start freaking out about it. Roll his eyes!!! Well, he understands numbers…he is a musician…of course he does! I tried learning how to read music for years…just couldn’t do it. It turned into a weird terror of sheet music!!!! Oh and of metronomes!
As humans, we find a way to live a fairly full life, carrying our fears along in our back pockets. I have learned ways to heal some of my fear of being the only one left alive on the planet…maybe this is why I love "end of the world movies." There are always a group of folks that survive! I steer clear of places where furry and shiny black spiders may live. As for numbers….addition, subtraction, multiplication….I bought a really glitzy purple sparkly calculator. So, instead of seeing scary numbers that need some sort of freaky action….I see a pretty calculator…all sparkly and purple.
As for my friend who has this percentage thing to figure out? I will offer her my condolences….cuz I TOTALLY get it!
Maybe I could buy her a glitzy calculator too…a little sparkle goes a long way!!!
Hope your day adds up!
Hope you have multiples of joy!
Sending you 100% of good vibes!
Okay…I will stop!
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