I Hate to Say It, But,

[SourRoses]

Yup. You have to deal with things as they are, not how you wish them to be.

I say this to remind my idealistic self often... however I've only heard it from one place, in flight training.
So are you / family a pilot?

 

[Geena]

or the smart mean ones, they are the worst!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

If you wear glasses, you have at least partial protection for your eyes, which can help too.

I've noticed that the stories about chickens pecking someone's eye are almost entirely from people who do not wear glasses.

I just established the habit based on my experience with cockatiels -- the dominant bird perches the highest so I never allow a bird to sit above my eye level.

My smaller ones are often around chin level. Bad habit, I know, but I have yet to break it. They get a glint when they're about to peck at something they're curious about. I keep an eye for that glint and if I see it, I turn their head away. Usually the hens are more stubborn about that than the males

 

[JacinLarkwell]

or the smart mean ones, they are the worst!

Oh definitely. Get those more often than the idiot meanies unfortunately. I'd much rather a bumbling ball of confused fury than one that knows where to hit when I'm least ready

 

[Chicken poppy]

I just established the habit based on my experience with cockatiels -- the dominant bird perches the highest so I never allow a bird to sit above my eye level.

This actually makes a lot of sense. My meanest bird is above my head. I never thought of it like that.

 

[Sally PB]

So are you / family a pilot?

No. It's a paraphrase from a teacher. Very good advice, I thought.

 

[SourRoses]

No. It's a paraphrase from a teacher. Very good advice, I thought.

They must have been then. Just haven't encountered others saying it because it doesn't sound important unless the consequences of putting expectations above reality are deadly.

But you're totally right, that it should be applied to eyeball preservation too!

 

[Sally PB]

They must have been then. Just haven't encountered others saying it because it doesn't sound important unless the consequences of putting expectations above reality are deadly.

He may have heard it from a pilot, not sure. It was a class I took.

His actual quote is, "You paid this money to find out how stuff really is, not how stuff should be."

 

[SourRoses]

He may have heard it from a pilot, not sure. It was a class I took.

His actual quote is, "You paid this money to find out how stuff really is, not how stuff should be."

Huh, but your version is the pilot version... interesting.

"Deal with things as they are, not how you want them to be" is even oft-repeated on a taped teaching series covering the basics for every new student.
Because us humans have trouble reacting quickly to things that are different to what we're used to, mindset is drilled in.

 

[Sally PB]

^^Interesting. Ok, my uncle was a pilot in the Air Force in WWII and Korea, but I don't recall hearing him say it.