Talking Sh*t & Pretending to Be Friends

Real quick: I want to start w/ my dream last night. In a pink Euro-esque cookie store, I bought homemade chocolate chip cookies from Santa and they were delicious.

From there I progress:

The Cardinals. The work story. The word "vulnerability".

When you "talk sh*t" about another person's team, make an impulse decision to get things moving, or when you publicly pronounce your profession (one that requires viewership), you make yourself vulnerable. Each person is in someway vulnerable - open to things like feedback on your work or getting kicked with metal spikes.

Vulnerability isn't for the mild, it can also apply to "a**holes" (as my husband referred) who pretend to be friends after talking "a bunch of sh*t". Brandon Phillips made himself completely vulnerable to Yadier's mouth and emotion. And every word spoken from that point forward made the speaker vulnerable to more aggression. So cheesy, people - but I have to incorporate baseball so Will reads this.

Knowing that I had a situation to deal with at work today, I prepared myself mentally on my drive in: starting with completely dressing in my element**, I pictured myself standing up straight and accepting responsibility if any criticism came my way. My general decision on speaking? Open my mouth only to talk about the direction I was headed rather than dwell on where I was a day ago.

I took notes on my husband's reaction to what the players were saying during the post-game interview. There is definitely a lesson learned here: how you talk about events in their aftermath is critical to how you are perceived. In a world where perception is most commonly referred to as "what others see and therefore think", I sense it equally defined as "what others hear and therefore think".

Take responsibility and be professional. According to my favorite dream dictionary, eating chocolate chip cookies that you buy from Santa notes that I am reflecting on good things and bad things I have done and that I need to be forgiving and not let minor disputes annoy me. So, Cardinals, I pass along my dream meaning to you as advice for tomorrow. And if you want some cookies, let me know.

** element = professional + comfort + pearls (my birthstone)