I've heard/read this quote by Victor Frankl before but never really got the meaning or only heard it in a clinical way. But this is pretty much sums things up for me:
"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom."
For much of my life let go of my power.
On to the weekend. It's going to be beautiful ann have plans to ride my bike tomorrow. I've let go of that and miss it. Some friends (one of my domino buddies) are having a Best Exotic Hotdog party tomorrow night. That will be fun. (Frankl and hot dogs in the same post, now that's eclectic ...and a smiley face )
Sunday evening I'm getting together with friends to watch the season premiere of Mad Men. I'm making deviled eggs and shrimp cocktail and drinking an Old Fashioned. We're gonna party like it's 1968 or thereabouts.
I had a great online convo with S23 yesterday about introverts and extroverts (he posted something on FB) and then carried it on in person with S20. I remember sometime in the the first year I was here, there was a discussion on introverts and extroverts and I learned a lot from it. I've finally come to the realization that I'm an introvert who has pushed herself to be an extrovert and felt very uncomfortable because of that. It's OK to be an introvert and know your limits on social interaction.
As the onion peels...
Me 57/H 58 M36 S 2.5yrs R 12/13
Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do. I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering. Caroline Myss
...and a smiley face )