Woe is me. Woe is you. What are we supposed to do?
Well, the simple answer is, "Don't worry. Be Happy." And so, in my most positive voice, I'm going to look at myself and my life and discuss one thing I truly love about myself.
I love the way I walk aimlessly around the house as if every time I enter another room I enter a different dimension or portal that closes the door to one part of my brain and opens the door to a completely different area, one unfamiliar to me, though I've probably visited it nearly a million times before.
It's as if the world around me changes as I walk through my home, and everything I was thinking disappears from my mind as I leave one room and enter another. I often feel as if I live in my own Alice in Wonderland world. As I enter a new room, all intentions of why I entered that room are merely mysteries I'm left to solve. And so I play Nancy Drew as I examine my reasons for being, not only who I am, but also where I am.
For example, just the other morning, I walked through the kitchen to get to the laundry room, because just before the previous interruption (frequent occurrence in my minute-by-minute play), I was removing items from the washer to put into the dryer, but on the way to the laundry room I noticed a cup that belonged in the sink, so I rinsed out the cup and placed it on the counter next to the sink and then remembered I was doing laundry, so I returned to my bedroom to get my sheets but then remembered I couldn't put them into the washing machine, because I hadn't completely emptied the washer yet.
This tiny little snipped of my life is played out all day long. Interruption followed by interruption interrupted by interruption. The reason I was washing clothes in the first place was because this morning my robe fell into the toilet. I had wanted to wash my sheets, but now I had to interrupt my schedule to wash…
Schedule? I laugh. What a funny word. Schedules are merely guidelines I follow – and not very well either. Even the days of the week don't apply to me, because while everybody else thinks they're spending Wednesday living their lives, I'm either still on Tuesday or living in Thursday's time zone.
Just today I realized I was spinning in the kitchen. I often spin – not because I'm trying to make myself dizzy, but because every time I turn around, half the room appears to disappear and my intentions with it. I'm like my own personal planet revolving around an imaginary sun.
So as I remember where I was planning on going and what I was planning on doing, I spin around to take care of the matter, but then I forget what the matter is and return to my original space, pre-spin.
And that's what I love about myself. I keep myself endlessly entertained. I used to get angry with myself for forgetting everything. But now I laugh when I get turned over to collection agencies for forgetting to pay my bills. I laugh when the waiter brings liver when I ordered crab.
I even laugh at insanity when I see its wild unrecognizable form in my mirror.
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Reading Les Miserable
I am a writer. I enjoy writing, and I write every day. Most people assume that writers read. I read, but mostly blogs and articles, because I try to be fair to the people who read my blogs and articles.
But it might surprise some people to learn that I hated reading when I was young. Except for Reader's Digest, I wouldn't read anything that was more than a couple of pages. I just couldn't stay focused long enough, nor could anything sustain my interest.
Except when it came to Nancy Drew mysteries – I devoured those books when I was ten years old. But after I read through all of those books, other than Reader's Digest, nothing else interested me, and I became easily bored.
Fast forward to my sophomore year in high school. I found the book, Les Miserable, and decided that if I could read that enormous book, I could read anything. The challenge was on.
Reading had always been a problem for me, though. I wasn't sure I could handle a book so large, so I made it my mission to finish it.
Staying with anything for any period of time is difficult for me. I lose focus. I lose interest. My mind goes off on tangents. I could be on page 25 and realize I hadn't absorbed a single word from page 1. I start over. I force myself to pay attention. Again I have to start over. Again I retain nothing.
So disciplining myself to read a book the size of Les Miserable was quite an accomplishment for me. Though I struggled through the first several pages, the book eventually grabbed me and held me in its grip.
Because while I was reading Les Miserable, something magical happened. The book, the words inside that book, the story, all of it, pulled me in and engaged me so deeply, I felt emotions bursting forth from deep inside me. I became completely enfolded within the pages of that book. It surrounded me and held me captive.
I never realized a book could impact me in such an emotional way. I sat at my desk with my head pulled forward, my long hair hiding the tears that streamed down my face, held in the clutches of the story that taught me how to love reading – Les Miserable.
Today I wish I had time to read. When I'm not reading articles and blogs, I'm spending time with my grandchildren while crocheting because I can't sit still without doing SOMETHING.
Some day I'll have time to read books again. Some day...
And that completes Day #18 from the A-Z Challenge. Brought to you by the letter, R.
Previous A-Z Challenge blogs:
Amazon Hates Me – Day #1 from the A-Z Challenge
Bored – Why? – Day #2 from the A-Z Challenge
Craziness – Day #3 from the A-Z Challenge
When Your Daughter Develops, DON'T DO THIS! – Day #4 from the A-Z Challenge
Ellen – Day #5 from the A-Z Challenge
Family and Friends – Day #6 from the A-Z Challenge
The Grownup Table – Day #7 from the A-Z Challenge
Happiness & Joy – Day #8 from the A-Z Challenge
Idiots in the Attic – Day #9 from the A-Z Challenge
Jokes Accidentally – Day #10 from the A-Z Challenge
The Kid That Wasn't Named Ker – Day #11 from the A-Z Challenge
Living Out of Suitcases – Day #12 from the A-Z Challenge
Misunderstandings – I KNOW You Didn't Say What I THINK You Said
Networked Blogs on Facebook
The Old and The Elderly – At What Age Do You FEEL Old?
Peacocks Are Not Penguins
Quiz That Changed My Thinking
But it might surprise some people to learn that I hated reading when I was young. Except for Reader's Digest, I wouldn't read anything that was more than a couple of pages. I just couldn't stay focused long enough, nor could anything sustain my interest.
Except when it came to Nancy Drew mysteries – I devoured those books when I was ten years old. But after I read through all of those books, other than Reader's Digest, nothing else interested me, and I became easily bored.
Fast forward to my sophomore year in high school. I found the book, Les Miserable, and decided that if I could read that enormous book, I could read anything. The challenge was on.
Reading had always been a problem for me, though. I wasn't sure I could handle a book so large, so I made it my mission to finish it.
Staying with anything for any period of time is difficult for me. I lose focus. I lose interest. My mind goes off on tangents. I could be on page 25 and realize I hadn't absorbed a single word from page 1. I start over. I force myself to pay attention. Again I have to start over. Again I retain nothing.
So disciplining myself to read a book the size of Les Miserable was quite an accomplishment for me. Though I struggled through the first several pages, the book eventually grabbed me and held me in its grip.
Because while I was reading Les Miserable, something magical happened. The book, the words inside that book, the story, all of it, pulled me in and engaged me so deeply, I felt emotions bursting forth from deep inside me. I became completely enfolded within the pages of that book. It surrounded me and held me captive.
I never realized a book could impact me in such an emotional way. I sat at my desk with my head pulled forward, my long hair hiding the tears that streamed down my face, held in the clutches of the story that taught me how to love reading – Les Miserable.
Today I wish I had time to read. When I'm not reading articles and blogs, I'm spending time with my grandchildren while crocheting because I can't sit still without doing SOMETHING.
Some day I'll have time to read books again. Some day...
And that completes Day #18 from the A-Z Challenge. Brought to you by the letter, R.
Previous A-Z Challenge blogs:
Amazon Hates Me – Day #1 from the A-Z Challenge
Bored – Why? – Day #2 from the A-Z Challenge
Craziness – Day #3 from the A-Z Challenge
When Your Daughter Develops, DON'T DO THIS! – Day #4 from the A-Z Challenge
Ellen – Day #5 from the A-Z Challenge
Family and Friends – Day #6 from the A-Z Challenge
The Grownup Table – Day #7 from the A-Z Challenge
Happiness & Joy – Day #8 from the A-Z Challenge
Idiots in the Attic – Day #9 from the A-Z Challenge
Jokes Accidentally – Day #10 from the A-Z Challenge
The Kid That Wasn't Named Ker – Day #11 from the A-Z Challenge
Living Out of Suitcases – Day #12 from the A-Z Challenge
Misunderstandings – I KNOW You Didn't Say What I THINK You Said
Networked Blogs on Facebook
The Old and The Elderly – At What Age Do You FEEL Old?
Peacocks Are Not Penguins
Quiz That Changed My Thinking
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