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High Strung.\u00a0 Oh yes I am.<\/p>\n

As much as I would like to be some other way, I would have to say that I pretty much border on the side of intensity.<\/p>\n

They say the origin of the word comes from the mid-1700s, referring to instruments being strung in a high tone.\u00a0 But I say it is more like someone walking a tightrope.\u00a0 The rope is high strung.\u00a0 Tense.\u00a0 Edgy.\u00a0 Danger, young Will Robinson.<\/p>\n

Serenity is where I would much rather be.
\nOne of the most beautiful, and profound prayers ever written, is by\u00a0 Rienhold Niebuhr.\u00a0 The Serenity Prayer.
\nGod, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,<\/em>
\n The courage to change the things I can,<\/em>
\n And the wisdom to know the difference.<\/em><\/p>\n

It is so very perceptive, and far-reaching.<\/p>\n

The other day, I was sending my sister a text message.\u00a0 I was talking about something that brings me to a place of calm.
\nBut I was texting fast…. and mistakenly said… a place of clam.<\/p>\n

She laughed.\u00a0 LOL.\u00a0 I could hear her through the text.<\/p>\n

But the more I thought about it, the better it sounded.\u00a0 It is a pretty good analogy.\u00a0 Calm can be serenity, or the ability to not show emotions such as nervousness, or anger.\u00a0 It can also mean\u00a0 the absence of violent or confrontational activity.\u00a0 But the ability to be calm is a treasure.\u00a0 A gift.<\/p>\n

And then I thought about the clam.\u00a0 It has its very own little shell that opens and shuts when it needs to.\u00a0 And when it is closed all the way, it is protected from all the surrounding dangers and turmoil.\u00a0 But low and behold, inside, deep inside, after years of work, there is a beautiful gift…. a pearl.\u00a0 Sometimes the shell has to open up and sometimes the shell has to close for the pearl to be formed.<\/p>\n

So… as you see… my finding a place of clam is quite apropos.<\/p>\n

I think it is my new motto in fact.\u00a0 I am clam.\u00a0 I am perfectly clam.<\/p>\n

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.<\/span>\u00a0 –Saint Francis de Sales<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

High Strung.\u00a0 Oh yes I am. As much as I would like to be some other way, I would have to say that I pretty much border on the side of intensity. They say the origin of the word comes from the mid-1700s, referring to instruments being strung in a high tone.\u00a0 But I say […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nowyouseeit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2818"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2824,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2818\/revisions\/2824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}