Have you ever known someone who uses a certain phrase, constantly, whenever he or she can fit it in? Even when it is completely uneccessary or totally redundant? Mike’s favorite line (besides “what did you buy now“) is “The reality is…” and I mean, he puts that three words in a place where no one was even searching for the truth.
“The reality is, we’re not leaving until you pick your stuff up and put it away.”
And just where was the facade in this scenario?
Then we’ve got a soccer/baseball parent who starts every major sentence with “At the end of the day, when it’s all said and done“…. as in… “At the end of the day,when it’s all said and done, we’re not gonna win this thing until we start playing as a team”.
That only happens at the end of the day? And what happens if you didn’t say everything?
Oh, I’m not exempt. I say “OK then”… when I find there’s really not much more to say or I’m flabbergasted enough to be stumped. Atleast it’s compliant, right? An expression of acceptance… like “It is what it Is”….which I’m also guilty of. Again…harmonious in it’s acceptance of things as they are, no? It fits just about anywhere if you think about it.
Anyway… the real reason for this post wasn’t that, but this…
At the end of the day, when it’s all said and done, the reality is, the light filters down toward This Old House as the sun sets gently over the hill, casting a warm amber glow over her rooms. I like to take this time to sit with a cup of tea, put the worries of the day aside and accept that it IS what it IS.
Ok then.
