07
Be Fabulous
Posted by newscoma | Posted in Middle-Aged Crazies | Posted on 07-01-2009
As we delve into my navel gazing world of my middle-aged crazies, I have to tell you about the degree of apathy and passion I’ve experienced lately.
The apathy comes from that there are things that I do not have any control over. And my apathy spreads to drama in others lives that I also have no control over. These are things that have made me a bit more peaceful within my busy brain. Maybe this is acceptance.
Now to the passion which I have to tell you I’ve felt quite a bit of lately. It’s quite satisfying.
As I get older, I have found that things that used to make me crazy no longer bother me. Other things give me explosive joy that I used to care nothing about.
I’ve had several friends turn 40 lately. I’m not in the advice business, but I will tell you one thing. Don’t let those gray hairs get you down but also, if they do, own it. Night sweats that keep you up at night, think of it as your own personal swimming pool (yuck, I know but still … ). When folks get under your skin, that’s your issue. What other people say or think about me is none of my business as was the motto of my mother and now that I’ve got some seasons on me, I understand what she was saying back in the day. It’s their crap, not mine even if my feelings get hurt a bit.
And, as life sometimes throw us curve balls, I had no idea in my lifetime that I would own a pit bull who showed up New Year’s Day.
Since I started writing this post, I got older. Embrace it campers, it’s not so bad.
Feeling all philosophical this morning.
it always comes back to the pitbulls. there isn’t a better way to start the year, though…
funny how mom’s words seem to make sense now, but when i REALLY needed to understand them (in my wild youth) it was just a bunch of blah-blah-blah. i won’t, however, be one of those “if i had only listened then” or “if i could go back” people. because our experiences make us who we are.
and having gray hair and night sweats while sleeping with pitbulls on new year’s day seems like a good who to be!
Wonderful – I especially like the part “When folks get under your skin, that’s your issue”. I try really hard to own my own feelings – it’s not easy, but it’s well worth it when it clicks.