FINALLY ...

BUT FIRST, NEWS BRIEFS


The Fly Skimmie got the HUGE promotion! I was among the 'top ten' in her early morning phone calls.


I was sooo excited and happy for her, I forgot why I was in the crap Super Wal-Mart at 0700hrs ... yeah, I will prolly talk to her first before I get ahead of myself about 'us' (oh, and you didn't think there would be an 'us', to talk about??). One project at a time.



As far as my 'prospective date' ... sorta of got a 'non answer answer', which tires the squirrel on the treadmill out. And he is taking a break. Along with the Skimmie, that will be processed later.



THE ECLECTIC METHOD



ECLECTIC:
Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles: an eclectic taste in music; an eclectic approach to managing the economy.
Made up of or combining elements from a variety of sources: “a popular bar patronized by an eclectic collection of artists, writers, secretaries and aging soldiers on reserve duty” (Curtis Wilkie).n.
One that follows an eclectic method.



The first time I remember being called 'eclectic', it was when I arrived in Greensboro. This Bennett Belle used that adjective in describing me, calling me 'one of them eclectic brothers'. I took it in stride, after all it was better than what some of the 'brainwashed followers' had called me previously.



Still shaking off the drearies from my starter marriage, I told myself that I wasn't as shell shocked as I think I obviously, in retrospect, was. This was one time where I think I was in a little bit of denial. Not to digress, but on college campuses, I want to say that I began to refine my search parameters, as to finding a potential partner.

It was said in a comment about a potential partner for me, that she would need to be intelligent ... I prefer the term 'aware' because I have never been as smart as I may seem to be. A lot of that comes from diversity in my interests. I know enough about many things, and pick up quickly as I go. Oh, and that I am confident in what I am trying to do.

And this leads in to the ...

METHOD:
A means or manner of procedure, especially a regular and systematic way of accomplishing something: a simple method for making a pie crust; mediation as a method of solving disputes. See Usage Note at methodology.
Orderly arrangement of parts or steps to accomplish an end: random efforts that lack method.
The procedures and techniques characteristic of a particular discipline or field of knowledge: This field course gives an overview of archaeological method.

What seems to others to be disparate and random, depends on a person's level of understanding of the process (or processes) involved. And if it is one person, then that is who must understand the purpose of what is going on, and where all efforts being made, should lead.

Can't recall when I didn't think that I would 'make something happen'. Even now, with all the different issues and challenges that I face in simply going outside and down the street, I somehow still think that I can get a degree, buy a house, give my daughters aways at their weddings AND find that super cool person to become the 'frick' to my 'frack'.

That I pull from an array of different areas, does not invalidate how I go about achieving what I desire. There are things that are constant and apply to everyone, including me. Working hard, and earning what you get are two that come to mind. Faith and belief are two more.

In short, 'the eclectic method' is how I have chosen to define how I am going to go about living the life that I dare to dream. The constants are that faith in the things that I am doing will bring about desired aims; belief that I can accomplish my ambitions; being willing to work as hard as it takes to reach those goals and thereby earning what I am focused upon are in my mind, 'present and accounted for'.

I feel many people are undone by doubts, doubts that would not exist save for the outsiders, people who motivated by good conscious or their subversive envy, that question the purpose of what someone is about to do. Falling back on 'the constants', the bedrock of what achievement is about, will keep me from being overly concerned about whether or not I have made the right choice, or can achieve my goals.