“Man lever sitt liv med dubbla bottnar, förmodligen för att man inte ska sjunka om det går hål i den ena av dem.“ -The Troubled Man, by Henning Mankell (chapter 17)
In English it could be translated with “We live our lives with double/false bottoms, so that we don’t sink if there is a hole in one of them.”
Do you agree? I don’t know if this is true. It is probably true for some people.
Gravels to the sea
Do I have a double bottomed life? I have back up plans. Most people have a plan B and I’m sure some even go as far as to have a plan C and D and so on. But is it really necessary? It’s probably wise to have at least a back up plan. However, thinking of alternatives shouldn’t take us away from our main plan, the main idea, the one we want to achieve no matter what. Things might change along the way, but if we keep in mind the big picture, we’ll seldom fail. If we do, we can still get up, leave the bottom we reached and get back on track.
This post has no particular reference to anything that happened to me recently. I just remembered the sentence I read a while ago. Then… can you tell I’m in a great mood today? I think it might be the pancakes I had for breakfast/lunch, say brunch. Really yummy. I shall post the recipe.
As for me, I’ve never had a plan A, B or C. I’ve learned how quick life can change (for good and bad) and I try to live it day by day. No big plans, to avoid disappointment in case I fail. Maybe I lack ambition.
In any case, I keep one big picture in mind: the universe. We are small creatures and we’ll die in the end, so let’s make the best out of it day by day, trying to love and be loved.
It’s useless to get angry, stressed, disappointed. If you can’t deal with whatever the problem is (work, love), try any other way, find another job, change country, change partner. We only have one life to live.
I have also gone through a few plans and am on my way back to plan A after plans B and C bottomed out, look forward to the pancake recipe!
Ah… same here. I seldom had a plan go smoothly from the beginning to the end, just as expected. But as long as you are fine with the changes that come along the way, I guess you can still consider it a success and therefore celebrate it with… pancakes!