Important Life Instructions

1. Forgive yourself.
2. Forgive others.
3. Move on!

Repeat as needed.

Love

Love is not a happy ending but a happy beginning.

Merry Christmas!

Listful?

While not exactly listless, I'm decidedly lacking in list. I wish to get back to my listful state.

Clumsy

I have been more clumsy in the past few days than I generally am. On Saturday, not only did I cut myself on two different fingers of my right hand, once opening a soda can (!) and once while sweeping up a broken candle (conveniently cutting myself on the knuckle, where it's hard to heal), but also later that evening I scalded myself with hot tea at Lizzie's apartment. Yesterday, I made hot cocoa out of real chocolate, but foolishly left the pot on with just a bit left in it and thereby burned the remainder. Finally, just today I spilled more tea on myself! Luckily, it was not very hot so didn't burn me, but I have to wonder where my coordination has gone these days.

Overcome

Sometimes you cannot overcome and you have to stop trying, stop struggling and wrestling and muscling. How weak! Weak, weak weakness. After all, though, it's better not to pretend. Here I am, up here on my throne made of styrofoam, so flimsy that I can stand on it for about half a second before it crumbles under my weight. Here I am, watch me roar, hear me dance! Let someone else do the roaring dance. Just be your small self for a while, and be happy.