Life Lessons Learned from Replacing a Bedroom Door Knob

So the door knob of my housemate’s bedroom door froze. It wouldn’t move at all! I own the house and so fixing it is my responsibility. I took the door knob and started fiddling with it….and time past….


Lesson 1 – Don’t attempt to do things when you are tired as it isn’t really effective

Lesson 2 – Having enough rest is important- being rested is a 2012 goal.


Now this knob is a trashy gold color left over from the previous owners of my house! Great, I thought! I’ll just replace the knob with a nice stainless steel one.

Next day off I go to the home improvement store, Home Depot. 8.94 dollars later and 30 minutes later I am back home and proud owner of a nice stainless steel door knob. I put it in and it won’t turn! It just won’t!!! GRRRR!!!!



Lesson 3 – Life has many bumps on the road to your destinations.


So, I removed the new door knob and put it back sequentially, checking at every step. Now I noticed that the knob mechanism was catching as the previous owner had not done a good job punching a hole in the door. A little elbow grease with a tool or two and problem solved. Finally new door knob back in door and working perfectly. Happy housemate and happy home owner.


Lesson 4 – Don’t give up when your life trip gets rough. Have confidence, and apply one self. It will work out.  

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Life is a dance and dance is life. One cannot dance without being alive and one cannot live without dancing. I'm not limiting myself to the strict dance styles of partner dance, or even freestyle, but expanding the word choice of dance to cover all poetry in motion. One only needs to look to see the rhythms that play out around and within us from the sound of water or wind to the music that our bodies make - the pulsing of blood to the drum beat of the heart. And what better way to describe life's dance than "ikigai" that something which makes life worth living. So, this is an all encompassing blog, sharing my observations and ranging from religion/spirituality and poetry to cooking, dance and other passions. There is a definite bias to dance in all, I admit and forewarn.