Eavesdropping is one of my not so guilty pleasures. I know maybe I shouldn’t, but I can’t help myself. I was born with antennas.
Sooooo I’m at this restaurant and this is some of what I heard in the booth behind me…..
“I’m so mad at myself. I was doing so good, now I messed everything up. I got lonely and overwhelmed and reached out to Frank.”
“Uh oh….did you invite him to live with you again?”
“No! We just talked on the phone. But I feel so stupid that I gave into my impulse and opened that door again.”
“Well if you really don’t want to go there then close the freakin’ door.”
For some of us this is not an unusual conversation. We’ve all had them regarding one regret or another. But it started me thinking once again. Why do we all beat ourselves up about trying to live this life perfectly?
It seems we have an even bigger tendency to do it as we commit to a spiritual path, then we tell ourselves “I should know better, ESPECIALLY now.”
The reality is, change is hard. The tendency when emotions hit is to go back to what we know. Sometimes that is how we learn that something really doesn’t work for us anymore.
WE DON’T HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING PERFECTLY!! (and there is no Santa Clause either sorry).
Thank you God for the progress I have made. Help me not to beat myself up for my “mistakes” but to remember I’m a work in progress, ALWAYS.
SKIP 
Good one Cheryl !!
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Thanks for sharing! Haven’t heard from you in awhile, glad to see you’re still a follower. lol
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I heard Katy Perry wrote Roar because we are the ones that hold ourselves back. That we are hardest on our selves and Roar is a reminder to stop doing that to our selves. Ditto what Mike said!!
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Hey Lyn.. thanks for your comment. I didn’t know the background on that song. ROAR baby !!!!
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Hey Cheryl,
I think often I have swung the total opposite and just don’t give a hoot anymore as I have come to say this saying alot these days. “It is what it is!” And tht is the truth of the matter in simple terms. U have finally been able to think more simply which helps. I have never hit a middle ground. I am either at one of the spectrum or the other, I care…I don’t care. Maybe thats the way of throwing in the white towel. But today is a care free day so far but have only been up for twenty minutes! You have yourself a lovely day!
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Thanks for stopping by Margene! I love hearing others thoughts and perspectives on topics. Its what makes life interesting!!!
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This is great! Thanks for the reminder! I love the title.
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Thanks for stopping by! I thought of the title from that song from a TV show when I was a kid. It’s so stuck in my head now…lol.
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