And occasionally it all gets too much, perhaps the partner might insist at some point, and ‘stuff’ is thrown out or hopefully recycled. Loosely attributed to HealthyMinds of Calderdale: Deborah and Tracy DeleteĪs the years go by, we may collect a lot of ‘stuff’. It isn’t a case of Must do or Should do or could do, but you may choose. ĭo we need permission to choose – and to choose is the only decision ‘power’ we have – an alternative solution? You have that permission. Perhaps we are permitted to seek out an alternative route, to become less traditional even. Perhaps normality may be redefined post this pandemic. Other Politicians also exist from July 2019 C4 News Nevertheless, in the media we are driven to seek a “return to normality”, whatever normality may be. It doesn’t actually define the central value, the expected value but actually encompasses all possible values. As a statistician I have used ‘normal’ for many decades. What if I acknowledged them? What if I was aware of them but didn’t accept the load on my shoulders? Perhaps then I could move…Ĭan Ctrl-Alt-Delete be a new start for us?Ī key word in this pandemic has been ‘normality’. So, if many of the things I see, feel, know about are not in my control, not under my responsibility, why do I feel crushed by them? Taken from the FB Contented Child Wellbeing page I wonder now whether the responsibility I thought I had was actually present. However, in reality, that control was fleeting and depended heavily on the acquiescence of others. What do we control in life? In the past, in the Royal Air Force or in teaching, I felt that I had some control. So by pressing can Ctrl-Alt-Delete be a new start for us? ControlĬontrol is a key word here.

You use three fingers and press the Control, the Alt, and the Delete key. Do you recall a way on the computer of re-starting it? (Well on Windows PCs anyway). I wonder if there is another way, a new start perhaps. Nevertheless, all these restrictions do also bring more human tears, tears from misunderstanding, that burden we carry for others. At least there is some certainty beyond the tiers.

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