10/01/2019
Of all the things about me-
my body is the least interesting. -
This is one of the things I tell myself when thoughts begin to swirl in my head about what is looking back at me in the mirror.
Am I about positivity? Yes, but not all the time.
I sit with the negative, uncomfortable feelings quite a lot. -
As I learn more and more about acceptance of what is, in the here and the now- while also countering it with the making mistakes striving to be better (blah blah etc etc)
I think to myself-
What IS IT that makes YOU interesting?
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And coincidentally, there is very little that lies in this shell of mine.
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My friends will tell you I sign up for weird things-
I’ll help you move, clean the gutters, mow the lawn and carry rocks from one point to another. I enjoy helping people with things that are not generally labeled ‘fun stuff’
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I get equally excited about everything from burnt toast, to winning a prize at a baby shower to wave from a passerby in a car. Life can throw some wicked curve balls, but it’s also the wildest ride I’ve ever been on.
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I have loved Costco since I came outta the womb (even worked there in college) and now for some reason, I get a sense of ‘overwhelm’ when I walk in. My mind wonders about how a person from 1890 would have reacted after a year of harvesting whatever crop they did- and then, being transported in a time machine they are planted in a Costco. Everything so readily available & accessible in excess. What would their thoughts be?
(one of the MANY odd thinks I think about) -
But nonetheless, one of the thoughts that makes me rather quirky.
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Advertising and media messaging for so long has reduced me down to a body- (and a particular looking one at that)
But the time that I spend in these thoughts is getting less and less-
because I know that I am so much more than a body.
I have so much more to offer the world than fitting into the ‘perfect mold’ of how the world thinks I should be seen & perceived.
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So excuse me, I have some other circumstances that I would like to ponder of historic folks and time machines.
