Several years ago, someone ran an ad campaign with the catch phrase,
Reinvent Yourself. I cut out every one of those that I could find in
magazines and displayed them prominently in my house. I was inspired by
the phrase. I was going to change myself. I was going to fix everything
that was wrong and be a different person. I've been thinking about that
lately and wondering what I thought was wrong with me. What needed to
be fixed? I have faults like everyone else but fundamentally, I'm a good
person. It's time to like myself and admire the qualities that make
me who I am. I'm the institutional memory for my friends. I still send
cards in the mail. I will take care of your pet when you go out of town
even if the thought of that responsibility scares me to death. There are
things I need to work on (my laziness, my inability to take criticism)
but at the core of me is a good, decent human being who loves her family
and friends. I think those are qualities to embrace, not to reinvent.
Lisa-Jo Baker (lisajobaker.com) hosts a weekly event on her blog called "Five Minute Friday". The rules are 1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. 2. Link back here and invite others to join in. 3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments. Seriously. That is, like, the rule. And the fun. And the heart of this community.. So here's my first try at this. Today's topic was Roots. Roots – I think about my grandparents who lived on a farm until my grandfather’s diabetes worsened and they moved to a town with a hospital nearby. My father still says he wished he could have kept that farm. I think of my grandmother who was a widow for 20 years. Every year she would stand over my PaPa’s grave, wishing she was with him. I think of my parents, a product of those grandparents, how hard my father worked to put 2 girls through...
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