Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

Beach and distant homes.

The current host and curatorae of the Ten Things of Thankful bloghop is Kristi. She sees to the details that are necessary for this place to be live, open and available to all who would participate in ‘the Bloghop-that-Lizzi-created’. We are most grateful for her hard work, and for that we surely need to stakeout a spot on this week’s list. Lets say… Grat #5

The Rules are few and liberal. Consider your week just past, your life six years ago or the people who form the fabric of your life, of the people, places and things that cause you to feel grateful, share what you will in a list. (Or, as you may see, from time-to-time, any other format that you find enjoyable. Thats the liberal part.)

For us here at the Doctrine, we’re off on a weekend of work-work and yard-work. The work-work is not so bad, as it includes holding an Open House. In my case, that manifests as a total Win/Win. If I get people to show up I may get an offer and get the house sold. If however, I don’t get anyone to show up, I can complete another Chapter of Interlude. (See Item 6)

So on with the show. Surely I must feel the emotion of gratitude for:

1) Una

2) Phyllis

3) the Wakefield Doctrine. Because, with the principles (of the Doctrine) now an integral part of my worldview, I’m the fortunate recipient of insights such as, “…as clarks are Outsiders, our perception of the world around us and, more importantly, of the people who make up our world, is one grounded in partial and fragmented views. We see the world as from the fringe of the crowd, people are heads and torsos, events are middles, climaxes and recollection, our relationships are forever ad hoc*. We base our judgements on parts, more frequently than on wholes. Of course, if you spend your life deciphering the actions, motives and intentions of others from bits and pieces seen from a distance, two things result: 1) your relationship to the world around you is a jigsaw puzzle with a third of the pieces missing and b) you develop a reliance on intuition and creativity in order form a sense of self and from which a place to stand when relating to the world at large.”

4) The inclination (and, to an extent, the capacity) to respond to the occasional disruption of (life’s) routines as opportunity to self-improve myself

5) Kristi for pulling together the various loose ends and random parts and having the link ready each and every weekend

6) My online WIP, ‘Interlude’

7) ‘Almira’ and the work before me to edit it into a condition that not only improves the story but increases the chances of finding an agent

8) THIS SPACE AVAILABLE (For anyone out there who may be on the fence, thinking they’d enjoy posting a TToT post, but are still not comfortable with hitting ‘Publish’. Send me one of your Grat Items in a comment and I’ll publish it here.

9) Sunday Supplement (Does today look like Sunday to you? I didn’t think so. Stop back tomorrow)

10) Secret Rule 1.3 )”…the approaching completion of a List of Ten Things of Thankful becomes an Item, in and of itself, once that (completion) becomes assured, such assurance may be expressed in the number of keystrokes remaining, the amount of coffee left in the mug or a deadline that does not suffer delay with any kind of grace. Like that.” (quid pro quo, too).

* (from Collins Dictionary.com):

“An ad hoc activity or organization is not planned in advance, but is done or formed only because a particular situation has made it necessary.“**

** both evidence and proof of the rust-edged wonderland that is a clark’s day-to-day reality…lol I knew the definition of ‘ad hoc’…basically, but when l double checked and found the above, l did, in fact, laugh out loud. Fortunately theres no one here at my Open House yet.