Gifts From The Journey-Path-Life-Three Friends

I have been in a transition this year.  I have three friends that visit me whenever I am in a transition.

Woe is Me, Life Sucks and Why Me Lord.  Now these friends and I have very long conversations with each other.  They are mostly telling me about what not to do or what I can't do or why even try. One of the first signs that they are visiting is that I start losing interest in people, places and things.  Matter fact, the most important thing that they tell me is that I can't let anyone know that they are visiting.

So, I go about my day and my three friends are always waiting for me throughout the day.  Now Woe is Me usually has me feeling quite sorry for myself.  My friend Woe and I talk about the unfairness of life and how others have it so much easier than I.  Why Me Lord continues on the same vein but that friend wails about the unfairness and has a much louder voice.  Life sucks now that is the most dangerous of my three friends because that friend blinds me to the beauty of life and all of its possiblities.  Life Sucks takes me to the dark areas of my life and tells me about all of my failures.  

Now I have had enough transitions in my life so that I should be able to recognize these friends when they show up........but I don't.  They sneak up on me and then one day I realize that they are all sitting in my life.   One of the first things that these friends do is take the pleasure out of life.  Life stops being fun.  My life is full of the distractions of work so it is easy to find myself very busy without even realizing that they are visiting.  Sometimes I start having trouble sleeping because my friends want to keep me up all night. Life Sucks spoils any of the positive thoughts that I have about people, places and things and tells me that I just need my three friends and i don't need anyone else.   My three friends hide behind my facade of efficiency and work.  They keep me busy on the outside, while the inside is in turmoil.

Well you will be happy to know that i have told my three friends that they have to leave my life.  They did not go happily.  They like visiting me but I don't like them.  I have started my new transition and there is not any space in my life for them.  My cocoon has fallen and I am now a new  butterfly.  

 

Comments

[Keseven]

A blog I wished I had found earlier because of the wisdoms and inspirations you share. Lots of post to gain lessons from to be used in daily life. Would be much better if you add photos to posts rather than all texts, but it's you anyway.

[workinghard]

Hi Keseven I appreciate your comments, some of my earlier posts do have pictures that match the theme of the post. I think I just got lazy. Happy Reading Be well working hard