How a Loud Scooter Helped Me Recall 4 Habits of Self-Repair

Bonus habit: It’s not always about me

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The blue electric scooter parked outside my window chirped like R2D2 does when he sees Luke — every six seconds.

It would reunite with Luke all night long. Whose fault was this? That’s what I asked the morning after.

There is a more interesting question than that one.

What emotions do we avoid during tough times?

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The saying used to mean pay attention to your external surroundings.

Now it means I notice my internal reality, how reactive I am. Missed practices dull the senses. Pattern recognition is the first step toward the repair.

Recognize is code for “take responsibility for my world if I want to remain in my world.”

This was not the first sudden fragility of the season.

Yesterday it was UPS

Before the scooter that refused to go away, there was the brown van that would not stay.

I waited at my desk. I left once, only to see a brown shirt dart across the street when I returned. I rushed downstairs, though I knew what I’d find — a UPS sticker…