What Have You Done Today to Make You Feel Proud?
Sometimes I read this board just to get inspired.
Here's my proud, and this one is hard for me to swallow. I had a rather heated debate online with a guy who lived with us for a while a few years back. I was a bit too young to be "mom", (I mean to HIM) but was "aunty". LONG story short, we were having sort of an online political argument and he hit me today with a LONG letter which accused me of a lot of things. One was that I've grown critical over the years, and intollerant of people who act or think differently than me. First reaction? NO WAY. Thought about it, and - oh my gosh. So my proud is, I got hit with an unflattering tirade, and have to admit it's true. Wow. I have to put pride aside and say to him, while I'm not changing my beliefs or stand on particular issues, I do have to apologize for becoming so inflexible that I'm viewed as being critical and intollerant. It doesn't feel great.
I've got some attitude adjustment to do.
Hmmmm.
Meanwhile, WOW am I proud of the gals on this board for their hard work and accountability. It's just awesome. As for the iced frap - I think it takes a lot of work for the body to process that cold, hence burning excess calories....
But the most important thing is that your attitude toward iced frappaccino is PERFECT!
Mary
I have this discussion all the time with my mother and my sisters. I blame our age. As we get older I really think we get more opinionated and of course with age comes not afraid to say what is on our minds! I've noticed a BIG difference in my mother, and now my sisters the last five years or so. Maybe this isn't your case, but it sure is with my family!
I just had a discussion about this with my mom the other day. She was accusing my sister of being this way. She then told me her story of what she said. I pretty much stayed out of it, but I was bringing points to both sides. She (just like my sister) didn't even want to hear that there was such a different opinion than hers. Exactly like my sister did on the phone with her.
This can go on with politics and family issues. I'm so into individualism that this drives me absolutely nuts. So stop it! hehe
So now you can justify it to not that your getting critical or intolerant of others for not believing the way you want them too. You just think your right, it's your age! lol Sucks doesn't it.
Funny; you're right that with age we're not as reluctant to speak up about what's on our minds!
I decided to go back to common ground discussions and forget politics! Life's just TOO short. I even deleted the post that started it all.
Now, no more excuses, I've got to clean a stove we're delivering on Monday. *sigh* again.
Don't disagree with me, or you'll regret it... :-)
