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Learning to Put Down the Ducky

11/14/2019

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     My grandson Joel showed me his collection of rubber duckies, and I confess: as an adult I once bought a rubber ducky when life was overwhelming and I needed a squeaky little friend for security.    
     Which is why I smiled when I heard that “Sesame Street” is celebrating its fiftieth birthday. This PBS gem gave my girls and me songs for all occasions when they were little. Like singing “C Is for Cookie” while pulling steaming morsels out of the oven. Or belting out Oscar the Grouch’s “I Love Trash” as we collected ours.
   
     Recently I’ve been thinking about Ernie, who realized he had to “Put Down the Ducky” in order to learn to play the saxophone. I wonder if I have any duckies I’m clinging to that keep me from taking on new opportunities. Am I holding onto old securities? Or activities I might need to drop to make room for fresh possibilities?
  
     Clinical psychologist Dr. Henry Cloud calls this making ​“necessary endings.” When I’m willing to put down those duckies, I’m free to move into sunny days sweeping the clouds away - that's how we get to “Sesame Street.”
     
How about you? Holding onto any rubber duckies?

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Coffee is part of my daily routine. Well, I really do enjoy coffee, and if you ask me, I cannot function properly without drinking a cup. I go to work, and most of the time, I do not even enjoy what I am doing, so it is nice to have something that helps you do it. This job is not what I want, but it really does pay the bills. I hope that I can keep doing this for as long as I am able.

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