Queenie arrived at the MySweetCharity international headquarters after a world tour of fundraising and champagne toasting. What she discovered was a cluster of elves in tears and pulling their itty-bitty hairs out of their heads.
“Pray tell,” said Queenie reviewing her freshly gel-led nails, “what is the problem?’
Chief Elf edged through the elves to her and reported as honestly as possible, “Last week was pretty rough. Everyone has been frantic, frazzled, frenetic and fed-up*.”
Raising her freshly plucked arched left eyebrow, Queenie inquired, “What has caused this situation?
With all the other elves still shaking and quaking, Chief Elf reported that it seems that the IT elves had not been in sync. Seems one had splurged and gotten a new state-of-the-art router, another had upgraded to super-duper turbo and still another had switched servers. And then there was the tsunami of activities that had had the elves splitting in two to cover the sudden surge of activities. The results: total MSC chaos.
Queenie took a deep breath, closed her eyes and calmly screamed, “Wait a fricking minute.”
After the elves covered themselves with Teflon blankets, Queenie said she was banishing any and all F-words. Then she gathered all the elves and told them not to touch their keyboards or mouse and to close their eyes. The elves were to take a deep breath and visualize a pond. . . a perfect pond. She then asked, “Does your pond have a weeping willow? A swan floating by? A slight breeze?”
After a minute, Queenie told them to open their eyes. “That pond is yours and yours alone. In the days ahead when you start having those moments of confusion, frustration and anxiety, take a deep breath, close your eyes and go to your pond. It’s uniquely yours. Embrace it and enjoy it, for the pond is yours and yours alone.”
As the elves went back to their duties, the Chief Elf suggested, “I wouldn’t suggest ‘going to your pond’ while driving a car, riding a unicorn or anything that requires motion.”
Editor’s note: If your pond does not resolve your frustrations, anxieties and worries, then consider seeking advice from a greater and smarter source. Seeking help is not wrong. Denying you need help is.
* Oh, you were thinking of some other F-word?
yvonne crum says
Will never never understand the “F” word coming from some beautiful woman with a gorgeous gown /suit on.. don’t like it from anyone but sure cannot believe it from some of the lovely women that shocks me the most.
The reality TV is useless to watch a thought.. there is so much Bleeping that you have to think to hard to figure out what the “bleep” they are referring … LOL