What comes to mind when you hear the term – crabby Appletons? That is what Grouchy looks like to me. A crabby-looking apple. Perhaps a person with a cross-looking face, a stern evil eye perhaps.
What does Grouchy feel like? Where do you feel it in your body? It feels like grumbling Grandpa. It feels frustrating like nothing seems to go the way you’re expecting it to. I feel Grouchiness all over my body, everything feels lethargic and like nothing is operating smoothly.
What is the function of Grouchy? For me, feeling this emotion functions as a signal that perhaps it is time for some alone time; time to do something just for me. I don’t always see that, and I tend to just hang with the grouch, but when I’m aware enough to understand and name the grouch, then I think it opens me up to spend some quality time with myself. Identifying it seems to be half the battle; I’m so very often unaware that I’m grouchy when I am feeling grouchy.
When I feel grouchy, allowing myself to recognize it gives me information. With that information, I can then make choices about it. Being aware enough to see it gives me the freedom to live deliberately. I can choose to dance with being grouchy and turn it into something, instead, that benefits me. This puts me in control of my world and what I want my experience in this world to be.
The next time you find yourself in the grouchy zone, give yourself permission to name it and explore it a bit. What does grouchy look like to you? How does it feel to you? How is it working for you? If being grouchy had a purpose with your best interests in mind, what would that be?
Living organisms are feeling organisms…
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There is a great little sandwich cafe in Glen Rose, Texas called The Storiebook Cafe. When I came across it, I fell in love with the writer/reader atmosphere of the quaint old car dealership-converted cafe. While I enjoyed my Greek salad, along with a nice warm cup of tea, I began to gaze upon the books lining the walls of the stone structure. I came across some very intriguing titles and thought to myself, “Wouldn’t it be fun to write a nonsensical story made up of nothing but book titles.
After many visits to one of my now favorite little spots, I’ve gathered enough titles, between my own book shelves and those lining the walls of The Storiebook Cafe and I offer it for your amusement. I’ve added parenthetical words to form some semblance of a sentence. I’ve not gathered all the author names to go along with the titles, but to all the authors who gave their thoughts a book to live in, I humbly honor you.
What Now Knucklehead? Folks Lean Knew, Fix It and Forget It. It’s Time to Sleep, It’s Time to Dream (about) Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair. The Parts We Play (make) Writing Down the Bones (like) The Tall Lady With The Iceburg. The Girl Who Listened to Sinks (will) Save Our Planet (and the) Parliament of Whores.
Standing Tall, The Prince of Darkness (postulated about) A Porcupine Named Fluffy. Let’s Find Out What’s Light and What’s Heavy (and) The Pretender (can) Retire On Dividends. If You Give a Pig a Party, (there’s) Magic Across the Table. Find it Here, One Word (about) The Fall of Freddie the Leaf. Getting Things Done (for the) Good Gut Diet, (makes) The Rothman Scandal (unleash the) Wrath of a Mad God. (While the) Executioners (named) A Serial Killer in Nazi Berlin (wonder) How to Catch a Leprechaun.
The Night The White Deer Died, (and) Tex (discovered) Where the Sidewalk Ends. Too Soon to Say Goodbye, The Acorn People (saw) Lassie Come Home (before) Dinah and the Green Fat King (listened to) The Broccoli Tapes. Jim Ugly, In Trouble Again, (sent) Puss In Boots (some) Killer Music. “Where Do Babies Come From?” Landry (asked while solving the) Mystery Dolls from Planet Uro. (It was) Not a Good Day to Die. The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands (made) The South Beach Diet (easier than) 103 Questions Children Ask about Right from Wrong.
Wasted (by) The Right Hand, (in the) Eye of The Storm, The Associate (read) The Shipping News (for) A King’s Ransom. It Looked Different On the Model, (but the) Mutant Message Down Under (made) Summer of the Midnight Sun (seem like) Happy Endings. What the Bleep (made) Atlas of the Heart (seem like) Broken Music (turning into) Prosperity Pie. The Magician’s Nephew (watched the) Beautiful Painted Arrow (make) The Sasquatch Escape (to round out) The Letter of the Week.
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Do you remember the last time everything felt aligned and working well, and you felt peace in your life every day? That’s what happiness looks like to me. What does happiness look like to you? Perhaps it is when you had the sillies, and you felt like you just couldn’t stop laughing. That’s what happiness looks like to me, too.
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Life Gifts
- I send you courage and honor.
- I send you fruit-full surprises in your journey.
- I send you good thoughts for successful surgery, for doctors and nurses to care for you with love and honor, and for healing comfort.
- I send you healing energy as you mend your heart and body.
- Sending you oodles of energy noodles.
- I send you flexibility to allow your writing dream to come to life as you live it.
- I send you whimsical moments that make you giggle out loud, whether or not you’re around people.
- I send you bright-colored flowers that fragrantly shower your surroundings with joy and delight.
- I send you buckets of bubbling, juicy kindness.
- I send you the lightest hint of lilac and a handful of petals.
- I send you calm as you step back into work from being off for a few weeks.
- Sending you tasty inspiration.
- I send you soothing cups of hot tea, your favorite music to listen to and time for you to relax and enjoy.
- I send you contagious child-like giggles and unstoppable smiles.
- I send you delicious caring and big love.
- I send you joy as I think about how delightful you are.
- I send you the deep, rich colors of berries to paint your soul.
- I send you different flavored lollipops to quench your craving.
- I send you light energy to charge your healthy cells and create health.
- Sending you buckets of patience to spill in all the places that need some—be sure to douse yourself with some.
- Sending you willing, loving hearts and hands to help you.
- I send you appreciation for caring to make healthy choices for yourself.
- Sending you giggles.
- I send you healing love and energy.
- Sending you friendship to warm your heart and knowledge that you’re loved.
- I send you quiet fields of lavender to enjoy soft, quiet moments.
- I send you a warm hand to hold as you experience the array of feelings that go along with the death of your loved one.
- I send you light to illuminate the places inside you that seem dark.
- I send you peaces.
- I send you energetic bursts of joy.
- Sending you joy.
- I send you giggles and chortles to accent all the moments of your day.
- Sending you calm to scatter around the chaos.
- I send you focus as you practice setting up new routines to support your engagement with your true self.
- I send you fireworks of inspiration.
- I send you virtual blankets to keep you warm, and good thoughts that your electricity is soon restored.
- I send you soothing healing.
- I send you chortles, giggles, and warm hugs.
- I send you fresh strawberries to enjoy in a mild, sunny meadow upon a lush spring mountain.
- I send you relaxing moments filled with love and caring.
- I send you lush green mountain meadows splattered with wildflowers for you to rest and rejuvenate your soul.
- I send you showers of confetti filled with sparkling, renewing energy to keep you fresh and succulent.
- I send you joy.
- I send you showers of grace and peace.
- I send you warm blankets to snuggle with as you sip warm tea and warm up your cold body.
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