Are You an Over-analyzing Ponderer?
As you may know by now, I like to collect quotes. Well, as might be expected, I found a piece of paper the other day with a quote on it from the movie As Good as it Gets . I have no idea how it ended up on my desk because I don’t remember watching the movie recently, but then again, I don’t really remember yesterday, so no surprise there. Anyway, it comes from the character Jack. He says, “I’m drowning and you’re describing the water.” Isn’t that a great quote? I have no idea of the context of his line in the movie, but whenever lines like that jump out at me, I have to write them down. Jack’s line makes me think of how unhelpful we can be sometimes to those who are in crisis. If you take his drowning metaphorically, it could mean any number of things. Maybe the person you work with is drowning emotionally. Maybe the stranger you meet on the street is struggling just to get by. Maybe you are feeling overwhelmed, exhausted or desperate. Then there are those th