Defined by dualities
A refusal to conform
There’s no moral dilemma
Opposition being born
What sacrifices are made
Challenging the status quo
Protest against injustice
Opposing the mainstream show
Countering counterculture
The margins are underground
Narrative struggles remain
Where opposition is found
The conflict of one’s desire
Families beggar belief
Carving out personal faith
Opposition brings relief
Shared with Poets and Storytellers United – opposite concepts
Today I’m feeling:
Not so bad, though my stomach still feels a bit weird but I think I have it in my control again!
I didn’t sleep particularly well as I was hot throughout the night. It seems that winter is taking its time arriving properly this year and I still put the aircon on for a few hours but considering keeping it on all night if it helps me stay asleep.
I skipped exercise this morning, mostly due to fear of an accident when squatting or doing a sit-up etc.
I took a full sertraline again today and will see if I settle back down with my thoughts again.
Health:
Physical: 7
Mental: 7
Today I’m grateful for:
Getting my monthly report finished during the 50-minute break between classes. At least, assuming that it doesn’t need revision. It’s another task that is a waste of time but someone somewhere has decided it is necessary, probably because someone else, somewhere else, has been abusing the system. Never let a good solution get in the way of doing extra work!
The best thing about today was:
Both my classes today were excellent, with students getting involved in doing the work I asked of them. Easy, as they were grade 12 and grade 10.
Maybe I should be demanding that I only teach the high school kids like George does. I would like the easy life too!
Tomorrow is two classes of grade 8s. Ugh! Haha. They are all my favourite kids, but not my favourite students.
Something I learned today?
When the power was out yesterday, Amy went across to the auntie’s, whose house was also out, the one where Tangmo lives. We haven’t seen him for a few days and Amy asked if he was ok. The auntie there said that in the evenings, he likes to go off to the market and hang around there, where he can find food and probably cuddles and more adventure.
Amy said she would be worried about him having to cross the highway to get there, but auntie said that they have seen him waiting for the light to turn red before crossing!
Still, if he were my pup, I would be making sure he had enough love and comforts to want to stay around home and not wander off so far for the evenings!
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LOVE LOVE the positive spin you placed on Opposition. Agree 100%.
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When I was immature I was a contrarian. Now that I am, at least, more mature I tend to embrace opposition. To be open minded is a struggle, to look at another’s opinion or viewpoint is a challenge, to question oneself… it’s an obligation. It’s not just our bodies that we have to keep moving but our brains too.
Thanks Helen 🙏
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I’ve known people who delight in taking the opposite point of view in a discussion, simply to keep the debate interesting. Not a bad way of shaking up the brain cells!
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I think it can be quite easy to argue in opposition if it something you believe but it takes someone special to be able to argue the oppostions point against themselves. I try to put myself in other people’s shoes, to try and understand their position better but sometimes I can also be close-minded, especially if I don’t have time to really think deeply about something.
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I think we all can. Once upon a time we were taught as children to try and put ourselves in others’ shoes; nowadays it seems this teaching is lacking.
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I don’t think it’s the teaching, I think it’s the lack of practice.
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