From My Orange Desk

From My Orange Desk

Things I do understand..

What do you know for sure?

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Patti Digh
Feb 23, 2024
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(That spectacular orange paint is “Heat” by Little Greene.)

A few weeks ago, I wrote a list of 70 things I do not understand. Believe me when I tell you, I could have kept adding to that list for a long time. And maybe I will sometime.

This week, I thought I might create a list of things I do understand—just to see where that goes. What do I actually understand?

  1. I do understand that all the rules—spoken, unspoken, conscious, unconscious—are, essentially and fundamentally, made up.

  2. I do understand that life was more barefoot summers outside in the sunshine before social media existed.

  3. I do understand that bullies are driven by fear and insecurity.

  4. I do understand that we all have our “things” that we love and obsess over and that mocking someone else’s “thing” is just sad.

  5. I do understand that Lenny Kravitz will soon be 60 years old and has abs that defy gravity.

  6. I do understand that most of us walk around living out our lives on the basis of childhood negative core misbeliefs about how the …

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