Say Your Prayers
Sometimes the limitations of the blog space here is so frustrating. Where's the cut and paste?
I just wrote a comment to Kache- about being open to new opportunities.
Maybe we become so short-sighted that we forget there is more out there than what is right in front of us.
Like in making food choices - do I really want to eat that piece of pizza or wait for another hour for the Japanese grill place? Think forward, girl, think ahead.
I need to stop worrying with the instant gratification, and think about what's down the road.
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For instance, I just started dating again. Dating can mean a lot of things now. It doesn't have to mean even meeting someone. You can have a whole date on a computer.
That said, I've probably been dating for years, because I've been cruising the personals sites for sometime now, without making much contact. Recently, there has been a plethora of men to choose from. Hum. Maybe weighing less has made my personality more date-able sounding on line?
So recently, I've made a lot of contacts, narrowed it down to one I'd like to meet, and lo and behold, after 2 months of emails and a few phone calls and a week-end of dating, I have a new friend.
Huh. Who woulda thunk it? I stopped being all prickly and let someone interesting in a bit- and HE LIKES ME! He's seen the real me, nothing held back, and HE STILL LIKES ME.
Wow. After years of being treated as if I just wasn't friendly enough, out-going enough (by my husband) , whatever, I found a man who LIKES my personality.
I also learned that I am not meant to be put aside- like in Toy Story, where the old toys are put on the shelf, and taken down and dusted off, and someone goes, hummm? how long has this been there - so long I don't need it anymore....... Well, that's how I felt when I was married.
What a waste of my potential. Women need to be cherished, admired, trusted, loved, respected - so we can bloom. I feel like I have suddenly been taken out of winter storage- like an old tulip bulb.
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Expand your vision of who you are and what your life can be like. Stop letting others put you in a box. If you can imagine it, why can't you be it? You can. You can. You can be anything that you want to be.
If it sounds like a fairy tale, stop listening to the story with a cynical ear. People who say fairy tales aren't real have given up. Don't give up.
Oh, my, I'm starting to sound like the Blue's Clues movie!
The trick to having your prayers come true is to ask for the right things.
There. That sums it up.
I gotta go say my prayers again. 