Monday, December 23, 2013

Everyone Wants a Piece of Me


Do you ever feel like?  I mean, it seems from September through December there just isn’t enough of me to go around.   I refuse to believe that it is “because I’m getting old” that I can no longer keep pace with the social demands put on me.  Rather, my circle of friends has widened to the point that I cannot seem to stretch myself any further.  That and the fact that things seem to get postponed because of the weather! 

For some reason this year time really seemed to run away from me, to the point that for the first time in my life I did not finish sending out my Christmas cards before the deadline.  Me, the organized one, the one who writes her cards in November.  I can’t believe it.  And as my niece recently posted “it’s so lovely to receive them” and I sure don’t want to get cut off from any of my friends’ lists.  I’m feeling a little of that bashfulness that comes from not listening to my own advice.  Get organized and say no when you have to.  Yes, I confess, I am not perfect.

There, it’s been said.  Do I feel any better?  Well, not immediately but I hope the salve to my conscience will set in within a half hour or so.  Seriously, we few, we unhappy few, who strive towards perfection have a hard time letting go of the goal despite recognizing the fact that we know it is unhealthy as well as giving poor returns.  We need to appreciate a Charlie Brown Christmas tree, burnt cookies and late greeting cards.

At the end of the day, perhaps the thought really does count.

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