I'd like to get off of this runaway train and have a nice cup of coffee at the next stop please!
A cup of soothing TEA would work as well
Sure cure for the blues...plan a trip to ITALYSeveral years ago I was in the middle of a particularly difficult time in my life. There were pressing issues about my teaching full time. I felt wedged between my obligations as a mother, as a daughter of ageing parents and as a full time teacher of special needs children. I seemed to have no time for my family and friends, the people that really counted in my life. I was focused perhaps too much on my work as a teacher and my obligations as a University student as well. I was trying to do too much. Everything ended abruptly when I decided to get off the runaway train I was on. The big leap was the decision to leave my full time job. At the time I was torn and felt as though I had failed. I felt terribly sad inside. My, then, nineteen year old daughter wrote me this letter which brings tears to my eyes even now when I read her words:
"My dear Mamma Louie--I just wanted to let you know that I have been thinking of you and wish I could say or do something to help you through this time. I am so proud of you for everything you've done and are trying to do; I think it's time that we all let go of the word "failure" and try to see every choice as presenting us with equitably fortunate possibilities. No matter what we do or what happens to us in life, let's call that meaningful and go from there. Instead of worrying about the decisions we need to make, let's drink tea, play solitaire, drive by the ocean, play Julio Iglesias, plan a vacation to Italy, meet friends for coffee, go out to dinner and rent foreign films.
No matter what you decide or what life decides for you, I will be so proud to have you as my mother. Every day I think about how lucky I was to get you for my mamma Louie. I credit you with all that I am and the way I see the world. When I am proud of myself, I am proud of you. "Your heart is free, have the courage to follow it."
I love you mom. Aria"
In the end, quitting my full time job turned out to be a huge blessing. I needed to remember this:
"Sometimes in the winds of change, we find our true direction."
"My dear Mamma Louie--I just wanted to let you know that I have been thinking of you and wish I could say or do something to help you through this time. I am so proud of you for everything you've done and are trying to do; I think it's time that we all let go of the word "failure" and try to see every choice as presenting us with equitably fortunate possibilities. No matter what we do or what happens to us in life, let's call that meaningful and go from there. Instead of worrying about the decisions we need to make, let's drink tea, play solitaire, drive by the ocean, play Julio Iglesias, plan a vacation to Italy, meet friends for coffee, go out to dinner and rent foreign films.
No matter what you decide or what life decides for you, I will be so proud to have you as my mother. Every day I think about how lucky I was to get you for my mamma Louie. I credit you with all that I am and the way I see the world. When I am proud of myself, I am proud of you. "Your heart is free, have the courage to follow it."
I love you mom. Aria"
In the end, quitting my full time job turned out to be a huge blessing. I needed to remember this:
"Sometimes in the winds of change, we find our true direction."
