Learning curve

Have struggled to stay awake these last few days, maybe it was the rise in humidity and temperature, or all that shift in energy due to our local elections, I don't know. Whatever it was  the feeling of lethargy has now gone and I feel more energised which is good because as always there is a lot to do.
It's a public holiday today, officially May Day and it's been beautifully sunny and warm so I took myself out to the park and sat for awhile. It was a good exercise because I managed to stay in the present, my thoughts didn't drift and I came to realise just how much I keep pushing myself and then beat myself up for failing to meet my impossibly high standards. So, I just sat there on the park bench doing nothing, just observing. A woman walked by with a little girl who appeared to be learning to ride a bike. She wasn't doing very well, and as she passed me she had a little tantrum, threw the bike on the ground and wailed: I can't do it!  The woman replied: Yes, you can do it, you're just not trying hard enough. They then continued to argue about this, the woman, I think it was her grandmother, had a bossy tone that I found  very irritating. As they slugged it out, I thought, this is a great out -picturing of my consciousness at present, it was quite an interesting revelation.
I hope the little girl gets the hang of cycling soon, maybe she still needs the stabilisers?