Too Pooped to Post
I guess that's not really true because here I am, posting.
I'm exhausted. Every so often my frenetic schedules causes my mind, body and spirit to shut down. Today is one of those days. If I'm still awake by 8:30 p.m., I'll be surprised.
Then I'll wake in the morning and we'll start all over again.
I love being me, I do, and all that goes with it. But I really do push myself to do too many things far too often. Usually I enjoy it and I'm energized by it all, but every so often I need to retreat and lock myself away like I did today.
Other than church (which included a very interesting sermon on how bad religion and bad science from centuries ago have shaped a lot of what society thinks is 'good' and 'bad'), I left my home to meet up for lunch with one of my new leadership program friends.
He paid me an interesting compliment. He wanted to pick my brain and chat because I appear to have found a lot of freedom and peace in my life, especially when it comes to work and purpose. He said the first time we all introduced ourselves and had to share interesting tidbits, he thought of me "There's a person who does not live within normal behaviors."
Out of context, that might sound weird, but I had to laugh when he said that. I don't know how abnormal I really am, but I do know I've had a lot of fun making it through this far and I like think I've made more good choices than bad.
Now there's a cat inviting me to join him for couch time. That's a request of my time I can't refuse.
Sweet dreems, Peeps in Voxland!
Comments
I know you behave well, but I take that quote to be about living within society's classifications.
I'm still trying to figure out when I went from occasionally being overwhelmed by activities and needing a day off, to being constantly overwhelmed after only a day of activity.
I also think it's because I do things I want to do, regardless of what anyone else might think is acceptable within certain constraints.
I have girlfriends who won't do things if they think it will make them less attractive to men - you know, the whole, "Men don't like women who are more (insert positive attribute here) than they are" line of reasoning.
Or they won't do something unless all their friends are doing the same thing. I never followed the crowd in junior high, I'm not going to start doing it now.
What's the point in being boring? We only get one shot at life and we may as well make the most of it. Sitting around waiting for someone else to make my life interesting doesn't do it for me.
You've only got one life to live so you better do that living while you can!
I don't get people who are intrigued or wonder about stuff, but never TRY things (for the reasons you gave). I'm trying to pack in all the experiences I can handle. Even if stuff turns out sucky, at least I know.