SO TO SPEAK
as one might say; said a certain way, even though the words are not exactly accurate. “John helps me with my taxes. He’s my accountant, so to speak.” “I just love my little poodle. she’s my baby, so to speak.”
How would you use “so to speak” in a sentence?
People sometimes use “so to speak” as just another conversational place-holder, like”that being said,” which is often said by Michael, my boyfriend and house husband, so to speak.
Since I am a daily blogger and photographer, so to speak, here are my pictures from yesterday, when I walked around my neighborhood, so to speak.
So to speak with my son, Aaron, who’s studying (so to speak) in Scotland, we use FaceTime on my phone, so to speak.
“So To Speak” is also a song that speaks to many people.
So to speak to me about this post, you can leave a comment below.
Thanks to all who helped me create this so-to-speak post and to you — of course! — no matter how you speak.
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
something serving as a refuge, relief, or pleasant change from what is usual, annoying, difficult, etc.:
The library was an oasis of calm in the hectic city.
Every day, I look for and find a refuge, relief or pleasant change from what is usual, annoying, difficult, etc. Did you know that’s key for great happiness and renewal?
Here are some oases I found yesterday.
I do believe that sharing music together is an oasis which keeps our planet humming , so here‘s Wonderwall by Oasis:
Sharing my thoughts, feelings, photos, and music every day is an oasis for me. So is getting in touch with my gratitude to all, including you!
Okay, everybody! Let’s each make a wish, using whatever method we prefer for wishing.
When people wish at my office, they sometimes use one of these:
Do you believe that if you make a wish and share that wish, it won’t come true? Just to be safe, I’m not going to share the wish I just made, but I do wish to share all the other photos I took yesterday.
I do make a wish, every day, that I will help and awaken somebody, sometimes by encouraging them to wish.
I hope you don’t mind that I’m starting out this post with a drawing of the mind that I did not draw.
My mind noticed that drawing of the mind on the white board of my fellow psychotherapist, Megan, yesterday. My mind is now doing its best to remember Megan’s explanation of that drawing — I believe it represents confusion on the top of the mind and the attempt to go deeper into the mind, past the confusion.
I hope Megan, who reads this blog, does not mind the way I explained her drawing.
Because the mind makes connections and comparisons, my mind is now remembering a drawing of the mind I made several years ago (which figured in this old post, if you don’t mind my linking to that).
My mind is now noticing that both Megan and I have observed that human beings often have negative and uncomfortable thoughts and experiences on the top (or the front) of their minds and that they have to work hard to get past those.
Indeed, my mind has been struggling, lately, to get past negative and unhelpful thoughts including fortune-telling, catastrophizing, mind-reading, comparisons, shoulds, and the other common cognitive distortions listed here (if you don’t mind another link in this post).
I hope you don’t mind that today’s post has so few pictures:
As my mind thinks seriously and thinks honestly, it wishes I had photos of last night’s family Seder. My iPhone was otherwise engaged, FaceTiming with my son Aaron (whose fine mind is currently studying at the University of Edinburgh). Family members asked me last night if I minded Aaron being so far away from me. My mind seriously and honestly answered this way, “I miss him, but I don’t mind, because Edinburgh is the perfect place for him.”
My mind now has the strange feeling I’ve ended other posts exactly like this before: Thanks to all who helped me create this post and to you — of course! — for reading it.
