How did your day start?

In the world of appreciative inquiry, beginnings are very important. How you start a conversation, how you start an event, determines so much of what follows. So this morning having risen early, the porridge bubbling on the gas, I reached into the fridge for the carton of cream and within seconds the cupboard, the kitchen floor and me were displaying spots of cream. My husband did ask in a calm voice - 'How did you do that?' I do not know how I did it-somehow the carton touched a cupboard door ever so slightly and from that point it was effortless! So clothes in the washing machine and mopping of the floor began and I focused on another task. I have just been outside to hang out the clothes and leaving the back door open, the wind caught the door and a panel has fallen out of the door - again effortless. Interesting that the back door does have a hook to hold the door and I did not use it. Also, something sitting behind the door would have stopped me using the hook anyway. I have now moved the offending object and tested the hook-it works fine and propped up the panel which fell out of the door and thought - another piece of maintenance requiring to be done! Someone placed that hook there with foresight but that someone cannot make me use it. I have to work that out for myself and just do it. Usually after the damage is done but not always. Do not panic, I will let you know where I plan to go today and you can avoid that place if you so wish. As Benjamin Zander the inspirational Orchestral Conductor says when mistakes happen 'How fascinating' I may let you know how the day ends, I shall focus on that right now.

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