This week I read a couple blog posts, one by Robin Rotham from April 27 and Danielle Baer's that reminded me about the differences in the way men and women think. I thought of an experience that gets a new life everytime my husband wants help doing some task that's a little out of his league. His adventures would have made a great TV series like the one with Tim Allen.
He was cutting down some small pine trees near the house. He...misjudged the direction it would fall. Hint: NOT away from the house. So his solution was to put a rope around the tree and hand it to me, all 5'2" 120 lbs of me, and say, "Here, hold that tree!"
It doesn't take a very astute person to know what would happen next. And he has returned to this methodology many times. The reason?
Ever tried to interrupt a man while he's working on a household project? I get, "I can't talk to you right now" or "What! I'm busy." Guys are TOTALLY in the moment.
Next time you hear a meditation guru say something like 'be present' or 'be in the moment' just think like your man. They have it down pat.
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I thought I'd posted to this one but it seems to have gone into the interether.
That's the type of thing my father would have done. Gizmo Guy would just hire a guy to cut the tree, LOL. But you're right, guys think differently. GG has challenged me many times in his own way.
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