I guess we are all freaks, one way or another, trying to pass ourselves off as normal. So true about cutting ourselves off from insights by getting wrapped up in our heads. Thanks for the thoughtful response, Kit.
Thanks for this timely post. I have a “bad stye” in which my check it swollen out of proportion. It makes me feel like a freak but I went out anyway. People are incredibly kind. I
Wow, what a pithy commentary today! This was a great read, from mean chickens to big smiles to apple samples....I recall when I broke my ankle I had to use a battery-powered Walmart cart to get around in the store....and folks were, as you say, so kind--even EAGER to help me, reaching for things on a high shelf for me, etc. And you hit the nail on the head with the remarks about how the miraculous body is, even as I type this, doing its pretty much silent, steady work--each gland doing its thing, each bone holding us together, working with our ligaments, tendons, etc to keep us going. Last week a lifetime of M&Ms led me to needing two root canals. The pain still is there when I bite down on something crunchy or hard (musn't do that for a bit...). I've since learned that the tooth itself may be dead and the calcified nerves chiseled out, but the supportive ligaments and nerves are many in each tooth and those got a royal clobbering last week and need time to heal. Thanks for this oh-so-fun good read tonight! PS I know your face well and your beauty is timeless, the kind of beauty that shines under scars,bandages, scarves.....Sorry, Mags, it's there to stay!
I especially appreciated the first part of your post –– the part about "feeling like a freak." That passage reminded me that when I hide some part of myself from the public square, so as to avoid an anticipated, embarrassing self-consciousness, I simultaneously close off the possibility that any unanticipated, disconfirming information might enter my thoughts. So no expanded awareness, no 'aha!' insight ever comes. I remain stewing in my own self-critical juices.
Wow! Love your line “their kindness jolted me the same way……”
Amazing insights coming from challenging life experiences. Sorry for what you went through and thank you for sharing. ❤️. Also love the image of the little girl eating the green bean!
Thanks, Trish...sorry to hear about the root canals--nothing worse in my book!
It's humbling to "go out anyway" but in a weird way good for everyone around you. Thanks for reading and commenting!
I guess we are all freaks, one way or another, trying to pass ourselves off as normal. So true about cutting ourselves off from insights by getting wrapped up in our heads. Thanks for the thoughtful response, Kit.
Thanks, Kelly....all things considered, it was a minor blip on a face that's moving way past prime!
Thanks for this timely post. I have a “bad stye” in which my check it swollen out of proportion. It makes me feel like a freak but I went out anyway. People are incredibly kind. I
The story of the little girl touched me.
Wow, what a pithy commentary today! This was a great read, from mean chickens to big smiles to apple samples....I recall when I broke my ankle I had to use a battery-powered Walmart cart to get around in the store....and folks were, as you say, so kind--even EAGER to help me, reaching for things on a high shelf for me, etc. And you hit the nail on the head with the remarks about how the miraculous body is, even as I type this, doing its pretty much silent, steady work--each gland doing its thing, each bone holding us together, working with our ligaments, tendons, etc to keep us going. Last week a lifetime of M&Ms led me to needing two root canals. The pain still is there when I bite down on something crunchy or hard (musn't do that for a bit...). I've since learned that the tooth itself may be dead and the calcified nerves chiseled out, but the supportive ligaments and nerves are many in each tooth and those got a royal clobbering last week and need time to heal. Thanks for this oh-so-fun good read tonight! PS I know your face well and your beauty is timeless, the kind of beauty that shines under scars,bandages, scarves.....Sorry, Mags, it's there to stay!
I especially appreciated the first part of your post –– the part about "feeling like a freak." That passage reminded me that when I hide some part of myself from the public square, so as to avoid an anticipated, embarrassing self-consciousness, I simultaneously close off the possibility that any unanticipated, disconfirming information might enter my thoughts. So no expanded awareness, no 'aha!' insight ever comes. I remain stewing in my own self-critical juices.
Wow! Love your line “their kindness jolted me the same way……”
Amazing insights coming from challenging life experiences. Sorry for what you went through and thank you for sharing. ❤️. Also love the image of the little girl eating the green bean!