Monday
Are you like me?
Are you torn?
Are you torn?Between ...
wanting to give your attention, and needing some space?
wanting to walk more often, and finding it so much easier to just drive?
despair over your growing waistline, and the comfort found in food?
waves of affection and frustration?
craving physical contact, and needing them off your lap?
wanting to read something weighty, worthy...and picking up short, easy instead?
needing to save money, and coveting so many beautiful things?
needing to sleep, and savoring the peace and quiet of late at night?
wanting to explore new things, and really just wanting to stay home?
trying to understand, and not being able to let go of your own notions?
wanting to connect, and being too distracted by mundane details?
Are you like me? Are you your own worst enemy, sometimes?
Just wondering. Thanks for reading.
tt
posted by Tara Thayer at
9:46 AM
6 Comments:
Oh, Tara, I recognize myself in so many of those dichotomies! I talk about wanting a vacation from my kids, but was delighted when Grandma and Grandpa brought my 4 year old home early (9 pm!) from a planned sleepover... I miss really talking to my husband, yet here we sit, laptops on our laps, getting just a little quiet selfish time in... If it were a matter of "should" versus "want," it would be easy, but reconciling the equal and opposite wants is hard. I guess all we can do is look at them, sit with them, and then, who knows?
I was with you right up until the end. Yes. I am torn. But I don't consider myself an enemy. Okay - maybe I do. Sometimes.
yes, yes, yes, yes and yes, all of the above yes :-) it's what makes us complex women, isn't it? it's at one and the same time strength and weakness.
You so deftly put into words my thoughts. I often wonder why I make the decisions I do on the "bad" side of these dichotomies. I guess they aren't bad, maybe just poor.
Absolutely! I always chalked it up to being a Gemini...
Once more you get it just right,
I'm with you on all of these!
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