Ann Koo
The motion detector light on my back porch isn't working, and I need to see if the light bulb is dead. I get the ladder out but realize that 3-steps to the back door is in the way of putting the ladder down leveled. Oh, this is indeed challenging! The only way I can get to the light bulb is to let the back set of legs on the first step. The ladder looks a bit steep, but it's relatively stable(I shake it to make sure that it won't tip over). Before I begin to climb on the ladder, I let the breath come in and tell myself to stop and take a moment to give myself directions. Now I am on the 3rd step of the ladder and ready to reach for the light bulb and hear a voice(actually, my teacher's) in my head saying, "out and around and on". So I let my arm to follow that voice in my head to get the light bulb out. Pretty soon, the light bulb is sitting on top of the ladder. As I come down the ladder, I tell myself, "up to go down". I am down on the landing, checking in with myself; I am okay!...my back feels good and my shoulder feels good! I give myself a big pat on the shoulder and bow to F.M.
