PART ONE - WHERE TO GO?The Lady Prism's life is a point of "friendly" envy according to some dear lady friends who are either financially, emotionally, or with regard to matters of the heart, currently in dire straits.
They told her so, sharing their personal fling with bad luck, their heartrending woes, their simmering anger and frustrations, as well as funny vengeful plans of striking back at no good spouses tsk! tsk!
I listen mostly with serious empathy, at times with rapt amusement, identifying with some of their travails, comforting and extending whatever help I can.
However, if one refuses to take even a morsel of responsibility for one's situation; more so, a much needed reality check, and if one does nothing but throw sticks and stones, then...where to go?
PART TWO - DUST, TAXES, SANITY
But, we all have paths to take and a friend trekking a path different from mine doesn't make her ( or him) lost. I have much respect for this insight. I preach not and am' far to
o cautious to expend advice. I care not judge either; I have not walked a mile in their shoe, nor slept a night in their den. Simply, I do what I can do best - listen.For years and years, I had been learning and re- learning life's hardest lessons, falling down and getting up and stubbornly falling down and getting up, sullied and bruised and pained at times. And like the most irksome task of dusting house and filing tax obligations, I do it over and over again, a discipline that gets me weary, but I do it. Expectantly, I pretty much end up with the same result - a clean home and a dash of sanity.
I don't party ( like a rock star) like some, but I don't mind; common sense peppered with good ol' fashioned values afford me peace. Not perfect peace, not the absence of problems or the abolition of worries but precious peace, nonetheless. These ladies say they want a slice of my kind of peace. Oh, how I wish it were a pie, a mango pie sifted, whipped, baked, divided and distributed! We can all share then, a plate of your kind of peace for mine! Maybe....but first to make our own.
Hear me. This is not a gloating session of how goodie -goodie my life is because it isn't. Far from that, I am willing to admit something. I am willing to admit that I have not been living up to my full potential.
This Lady Prism is in " Pink Limbo." Queen of Procrastination, she is helplessly indecisive, not knowing whether to go left, to go right, or to forge ahead in her signature straw brimmed buri hat.
In short, she's stuck. Wait - I'm stuck!
( to be continued...)
Your writing style always draws me in; the world outside quiet down, and I plunge into your thoughts, emotions and words.
ReplyDeleteWe are certainly responsible for how we react to situations, aren't we, even when we have no control over the situation itself. We work through it, we rail against it, we cry, we stumble, we dust ourselves and keep at it. I believe that common sense and personal values and integriy have greater value than partying like a rock star, especially since so many of them end up in rehab.
Give me the simple life, and lovely writing such as yours.
With a hug and a smile,
Rose
You are much too kind, Rose. Thank you for your pretty words both here and in FB.
ReplyDeleteI am trying to get back into the groove of blogging being that I lost interest for awhile. I miss the interaction though, and my little fingers are itching to type type type, so here I am...once again! :D
Lady Prism. I had no idea you had another blog. I think I was still subscribed to your other one. I went to the other one wondering where you are.
ReplyDeleteIm now subscribing. Glad to get back in touch.
I agree. The ability to listen to people who aren't on your path, especially those who are quite a distance away, doesn't make your path untrue, or theirs. Here (US), we place a tacit emphasis on conformity, while we openly preach a gospel of individualism. I think sometimes problems emerge when people don't know he paths they're on, or take the ones not true to themselves--just because it might be true for someone else.
ReplyDeleteme too .. i'm stuck ..
ReplyDeletebut you know, prism ..
being able to listen to people without judging is a true gift ..
and she that envies you, who wants a slice of your life,
she needs to get up, dust herself off and do what's right for her, what's sensible for her ..
Hello Prism,
ReplyDeleteI love this post. You are so right, no one walks in anothers shoes, so we do not know how they feel or what they go through in life.
I love your "about me" just above your post.
Your writing is so beautiful and very well expressed. You are a gifted writer. I'm lucky when I can write a paragraph right.
Have a great day,
Lydia
Hello Lady Prism, thank you for your visit in Aiuola Odorosa, you are very welcome.
ReplyDeleteMy english is not so brilliant, I hope we will speak italian very soon, are you practising?
ciao
a.o.
are you being too hard on yourself?
ReplyDeletei never think of you being in limbo, on the contrary you are one of the most precious souls i have met here always your eyes in your country and worried about them and then you write so beautifully.
Maybe is you know those periods we go through and then it will pass and you will say oh how silly i was.
I am with you and I think that yes you are pink but not in limbo on the contrary a daydreamer in action and one who happens to garden and looks awesome in her forties ;-)