Screw It

I was scanning the New York Times this morning and came across an advertisement that contained a picture of a corkscrew similar to this one with a headline that said............Screw It.

How many times when trouble has come our way have we looked at it and have given that same reply. Screw It.

Now that was not the intent of the advertisment. It was for something entirely different, but when my eye first saw the corkscrew and the headline together, my first thought was how many times have I worked on a problem only to get frustrated and said........... Screw It!

Screw It for some reason in gives our minds the mental detour that if we give up on the problem it's no longer ours. And sometimes the perception leads us to believe it. For a short period of time. Because in reality it isn't and reality always returns.

I guess that's why I like the corkscrew. For while Screw It if part of the corkscrew equation, the next step is to stop and take the effort to uncork the contents. And those contents generally represent something good.

Maybe that's what we need to do with our problems. Not only just Screw It but stop and take the time to uncork the possibilities the problem presents. Maybe those contents will be just as satisfying as the contents of a fine bottle of wine.