Let's waste no time on apologies and excuses and justifications, and get straight on to the catch-up.
The last few weeks: tempestuous, turbulent, trying.
The last few days: summative, testing, satisfactory.
(With the grande exception of The Boy - SMILES :) )
The days and weeks when I barely survive, these are the times that challenge me. Nice days are nice; mean days are when I learn. The last few weeks have been mean, and I have learned an enormous amount about gratitude, about being thankful and about myself.
I spread myself too thinly, I tried to be all things to all people. And it was I who suffered.
Things I've learned in the last two weeks:
1. I can't please everybody.
2. I won't even try to please everybody.
3. I am not a mini-anyone else. I must make my own carbon footprint.
4. Family: the people who love you are the ones who can hurt you most. And when it comes to family, they don't even realise they're doing it.
5. It's time to turn the camera on myself.
So, what do I mean with by this? I mean the following:
1. I won't answer to anybody but myself and a higher power (and obviously people I love)
2. My opinion means nothing; my experience is what I am
3. I am MYSELF: the good, the bad, and the painful-to-look-at. Every bit.
Facts about me:
1. I've narrowly escaped death twice in my life
2. Sometimes I get things wrong
3. I have blonde curly hair, and a big smile.
4. Tomorrow I travel north for 3 days
Til then,
Princess
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Apologies for the Australianism, but "good on you"! This post (sort of) takes me back two years, and things don't half change in that sort of timeframe.
But then, I guess you don't need me to tell you that.
Have a good extended weekend (though it's almost over by now).
Thank you! It's always good to know that you read my ramblings, and that they mean something to someone :)
I thought of you when I was in the North this week - almost made it to Wales but not quite...
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