Emotional Sandwiches by Sarah Ashley Neal

Author:Sarah Ashley Neal
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Published: 2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00

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Reading Between the Lines

Fancy a chuckle? How many times do you think you’ve applied a healthy dose of good judgement within a decision-making process only to find that the result made no sense at all! A belated surprise simply got in your way, after the deed was done. Sense did a U-turn, knocking itself out in the process, never to come around to your original way of thinking – ever again. Well… in this instance anyway.

Judgement is passed around in life like a parcel is thrown around in a game of musical chairs, moving from one person to another until the music stops and then Judgement becomes personal. A parcel can be wrapped up in suspicion and insecurities; anticipation is written all over each layer. This reminds me of playing musical chairs as a child. I remember everything was wrapped up in newspaper back then and none of the words made any sense; nothing has changed for me now: it is still a case of reading between the lines! When it comes to our turn to hold Judgement in the palm of our hands we take a good look and shake it around, hoping that what is about to unfold will not lead to disappointment. The music has stopped and we will shortly find out if Judgement is in a good or bad mood!

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‘Good Judgement’ and ‘Poor Judgement’ keep each other on their toes! They keep us on our toes too! We make judgements prior to and following a decision and in doing so, the result may reflect on whether it was indeed based on good judgement or a lack of it! The consequences to the actions of both these characters may be open to interpretation.

The opening paragraph brought us back down to earth with a bump, reminding us that our first decision, whilst favourable at the time, may have left us with a stream of unintended events to attend to. The judgement hat, previously set aside, now goes back on with an air of authority! As the events undergo further developments Poor Judgement becomes restless and, like a predator on the look out for its next adrenaline rush, it can confuse our senses, clouding our ability to make more of the right decisions. While some loose ends are securely tied, presenting us with no imminent threat of separation, others are rearranged artistically and unravel as they are pulled in another direction.

Sometimes it is down to our own poor judgement, and we cannot incriminate any other excuses that get in the way. At other times, we make a good decision (or so we think) which we later find out is unable to withstand the pressures that we originally imposed, though would remain in place for some time to come as we sign our life away. Naivety and Optimism are both stripped naked and left to account for their behaviour. Then again, outside influences can play their part too as they are fired across enemy lines to simply distract us from our purpose or hold us back from achieving it – in the way we intended.

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