Compositions

Do I Want To Be Like Them?

Women are told they should “doll themselves up” – basically alter how they look with artifice, reshaping, and color.

Men are told to strengthen and enhance what they already have – and to unapologetically expose it from cover.

I actually have excellent self esteem.

It’s just that in current society, I know that it isn’t considered attractive to not promote an already acceptible thematic.

So, I guess when I see natural pictures of myself, my mind layers on the criticism from what it thinks other people would think of what I can see.

Is this a leftover survival coping mechanism geared toward outmaneuvering abusive adults too quick to react with displeasure at me when I was a child?

Or is it because I dared to love a man younger than me, and once I turned 50, all this prebiased societal messaging began bombarding my psychology environmentally?

It is difficult for me to establish new ground to stand upon becsuse I do not see anyone around quite like me facing my realities.

The pressure to conform feels daunting, and I am unique in my own proclivities.

Still, ageism may yield hidden benefits.

Stream of Thought

Flogging Myself

We have ants coming into our bathroom and my pants with belt were on the floor, so I gave them a good whip-crack to dislodge any ants that may have climbed onto them.

Now I have a red welt mark on my left inner thigh from the belt buckle.

Apparently, I am still learning my own “Strength In Power” capabilities.

(Is this last quoted texr now a TM? Lol.)

Stream of Thought

Continuum

Taxes will be late if I do not complete them.

I likely can’t get back UI money lost – unless I sue them.

While timeline to collect on a patient’s claim is expiring, getting our cars registered and mine at last towed off my parents’ property for closure has become priority.

Classes I have paid for are lapsing – but, the mountains I keep climbing are very tiring.

Even when it was “worse,” I still fought to keep up.

Now I’m just wiped: Enough is Enough!

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Attempts To Bridge

All of my efforts seem to have been thwarted, including intro and resume letters being sent back as “undeliverable as addressed” after being slit-on-sides open.

I know that “The Best of The Best” praise the concept of “keep trying” (which has always been my motto) – but, honestly, I feel rended apart as if at the cusp of a blackhole’s tidal forces, making my allegiences feel divided.

If there were a way to have my family nearby and accessible so that I could still tend to and nourish them while I participate in my greatest dreams, this would be my ideal solution.

But, to choose either/or when we are still just now recovering seems foolhardy – especially when my every attempt to bridge is being deflected.

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Today’s Joy

While speaking with my best childhood friend and going through broken down boxes, I found my car title which has eluded for 5 years or more and began transferring stuff to new boxes so new associations take place over old.

Then, I got to speak with my eldest and grandchild, and then spent time with youngesr while making banana pancakes and chicken marsala to finish up a lovely stay-at-home day.

Compositions

Where I Am Now

A red ray light, floor-to-ceiling body capsule with a vibrational base plate reminds me that I still have a few new tricks up my sleeve.

Although, contrary to common belief, it may not actually be good to use it these last two days in a row – so my brazed skin and heavily vibrated organs report back to me.

I am planning to take an acting class in the next couple of weeks, but only plan to audit it because I want the live exposure-to-concepts put into application, but currently cannot take on any more home workload.

We are in a place we had hoped to find upon moving to this state over three years ago, and yet, I am struggling to muster any sense of internal excitement.

It is like arriving back to the party venue long after the joyous event is over, carrying the fatigue of having been everyone’s safe driver for the evening.