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To blog or not to blog? Itās a choice every morning. So far, I have eagerly chosen YESā¦Iām loving writing againā¦sharing with my friendsā¦and meeting new friends along the way. And I hope it will always remain a labor of loveā¦love of meā¦love of youā¦love of writingā¦and yesā¦love of Bertha!
Butā¦I know meā¦and I know what starts out as a good ideaā¦often turns into a rigid standard thatās hard for me to accomplishā¦and I become the zombie robotā¦getting up before most of you even get to bedā¦sayingā¦I have to write the blogā¦I have to write the blogā¦(Think the old Dunkin Donut commercial and youāll get the picture.)
I did it with riding my bicycleā¦it started as a good way to burn some extra caloriesā¦I loved the sense of freedom of pedaling down the road with the butterfliesā¦feeling the wind on my faceā¦but it quickly became a solo competition to ride āerāā¦further, harder, faster, longer. What had once been enjoyable excursions soon became grueling workouts that left me exhaustedā¦without the sense of pleasure derived from the butterflies and wind.
On days that I had other obligations and couldnāt rideā¦I felt guiltyā¦like Iād broken a rule or something. It was not until my body demanded that I stop altogetherā¦that I realized how obsessed I had become.
Iāve been listening to a series of inspirational CDs on the drive to work for several yearsā¦I started it because I loved the messageā¦the drive to work is about 30 minutesā¦it was a great time to listenā¦then one day I forgot to switch from radio to CDā¦probably because I liked the song that was playingā¦or maybe I was distractedā¦when I realized that I was almost at workā¦and was listening to the radioā¦I felt guiltyā¦thatās rightā¦guiltyā¦like I was supposed to be listening to the CDā¦
Bertha says Iāve done it with so many things that there isnāt room in cyberspace to list them allā¦I donāt think itās that badā¦butā¦I agree that has been my tendencyā¦she says itās turning coulds into shouldsā¦and I guess thatās as good a way of saying it as anyā¦
I do know that Iām making an effort to be kinder to myself this yearā¦and that means creating less shoulds. So does that mean that I should create less shoulds? Donāt worryā¦Bertha will get that straightened outā¦sheās already fetching her soapboxā¦so Iāll try to sneak out before she notices I’m goneā¦
I do want to include a link for the inspiration of todayās titleā¦for those of you who are too young to rememberā¦How Much is That Doggie in the Windowā¦
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You are so right!!! We get ourselves all looped into shoulds and don't enjoy things any more. You make a great point and one I need to think about…
Thanks, Ruth Anne…glad you could stop by!