...to want what we don't have. That's why when it is 50 degrees outside, we turn the heat up to 80, and when it's 80 degrees outside we turn the A/C to 50. That's why girls with straight hair get perms, and girls with curly hair get their hair straightened. That's why someone who is unobtainable automatically becomes more attractive.
While there is likely a scientific reason for this phenomenon, the philosophical aspect causes a great deal of angst among a varying scope of people, including myself. I don't obsess, but rather accept these facts as truths, thereby saving myself countless hours on the shrink's couch and thousands of dollars.
Still, there was a period in my life when I constantly lost my keys. It stopped when I realized I was causing it to happen by psyching myself out all the time. More recently I have decided that most everyone I let in, lets me down. I can only give you the benefit of the doubt for so long, then it's time to write you off, too.
Do they have a pill for that?
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Are you kidding? They have a Pill for Everything, but the side effects are terrible! BTW, i read your Blog about your Brother being Addicted to Alcohol. I did'nt realize it affected your mother and you so much. But, not surprising, family of Alcoholic's suffer the most. I know cause i am one, you know (knew) that. Anyhow, today I Am Four Years Sober! The reason im telling you this is because i am, well, Proud. And...if your Mother or you ever need to talk about Alcoholism or have question's, i'm a pro. Jus sayin...
ReplyDeleteCongrats Annie!! I'm proud of you, too!!
ReplyDelete"Most everyone I let in let's me down." Beverly, I have to say that's such a negative judgment. Hope, my friend, hope is what keeps us all going.
ReplyDeleteHope is a four letter word, as is joke. The preference is personal.
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