Thank you so much for the anniversary thoughts and hugs. WTSMM – I’m with you, my dear – not fun, I hope you did ok with it. I muddled through the day, mostly by ignoring it while at work. Then after work I went to my hip hop class (hard b/c I seem to have so many aches and pains this week) and then to my nice neighbors who had some friends over for wine and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. I love these neighbors and their friends, even though they are – yikes! – nearly 20 years younger than me. They are so genuine and friendly, and the woman of the couple who was over last night was hysterically funny. She should be a comedian. So it was fun, and QE was great.
NSN, I am taking the dog to the vet today. The vet thinks perhaps there is now some nerve involvement with her arthritis, and that is why she is dragging her leg and walking on the top of her foot. We’ll see what she says today. (My vet has such a calm presence, I find myself always having the urge to tell her all my problems!) I, too, love my dog so much. She has been with me through everything…
H2H:
Quote: But I must admit that I am getting to the stage where I think I need to back off from all the reading, and actually DO some things, some changes, make some decisions.... Though I really enjoy all the reading, and each book offers up some real gems - I'm getting to the stage where I've got a pocketful of gems and finding it hard to put them together into a beautiful necklace that shines in my everyday life.
Beautifully said, H2H, and point well taken. Book club talk: I’m so glad you enjoyed the Martha Beck book. It’s the kind of book I wish I had written. And isn’t she funny? I laughed out loud at several of her passages or asides. Yes, re Shortcut Through Therapy, that’s why I wanted to talk about it with someone. My aunt has read it too, and we’ve talked about how the message can seem too simplistic and hard to absorb – it’s almost like I’d like to argue with him over some of it – and yet some of these simple ideas I have found to be pretty profound, and I do find that I keep turning to it. Just for the insight that I am making myself crazy or depressed sometimes is worthwhile. I am SO the kind of person that tries to THINK my way out of depression or other emotions, and just end up digging myself into a deeper rut. I thought this meant I was ‘deep,’ but he did illuminate ways in which that does me more harm than good.
Good point on the too-MUCH-reading thing – I have had that same thought about myself (although I must finish this latest book!) I’m kind of a compulsive reader, it was my escape when I was a child and became so embedded in my life. When I was working my way through The Artist’s Way 10 years ago, one of the exercises was to go on a “reading fast” for a week. WOW, was that hard! But I had the thought the other night that I should do that again. Then I would probably get more stuff done, including creative stuff. And jeez - I think a reading fast would include not reading the BB. That would be hard!
OK, Sun, Wonder, Rae Jean, let’s hit that spa! It can be preparatory to our South of France tour!
