The problem is that wherever I go I take “me” along So every time I plan to change do something in a different way There I am again tagging along getting in the way and doing everything in that same old dysfunctional, ineffective, irritating, unchanging way.
Poems
The Best Is Yet to Come
Don’t have to climb the corporate latter don’t have to be upwardly mobile don’t have to move mountains don’t have to compete or struggle with others don’t have to set my sights upon some distant goal don’t have to prove anything or cater to anyone it’s not uphill anymore it’s over that hill with a MORE >
If I Had It to Do Over Again…
In my next life I will be able to eat all I want and not gain weight play the guitar and sing get a medical degree and find the cure for cancer Otherwise I wouldn’t change a thing
He Can/She Can’t
He smiles at her he’s friendly She smiles at him She’s flirting He takes her arm he’s protective She takes his arm she’s seductive He asks her for lunch he wants to talk business She asks him for lunch she wants an affair He pays the bill He’s on an expense account She pays the MORE >
Language
Don’t say “I’m lowering my standards” but say “I’m shifting my priorities” Don’t speak of your “intuition” mention your “hypothesis” Don’t ask for “help” request a “problem-solving session” Don’t answer “I was just lucky” tell them “I worked hard for it” Don’t admit “It’s just an old dress” say “I’m glad you like it” Don’t MORE >
Why Should I Worry?
The young people don’t worry when they… don’t remember their best friend’s name, lose their car keys twice a week, can’t find their wallets, misplace their glasses, walk into a room and don’t know what it was they were looking for, forget their own phone number, can’t think of a common word they use every MORE >
Judgment Days
When I criticize my children I see it as a sign of caring They take it as disapproval and overreact When a friend criticizes me I take it as a gift an opportunity to improve and I’m grateful Yet when my mother criticizes me I’m insulted
I Should Know Better
Why do I eat the wrong foods when I know better – like sneaking chocolates in between meals and regretting it two minutes later? Why do I order dessert when I know better – by saying I’ll just have one bite then eating the whole thing and regretting it two minutes later? While some might MORE >
Losing Battles
By trying to be everywhere at once I am nowhere By trying to be everything to too many I am no one
It’s Comforting and It’s Not
As I grow older my children are beginning to act as if they were my parents They ask whether I take my vitamins worry when I have a sniffle scold me when I get overly tired call if they haven’t heard from me and generally are beginning to act as if there were my parents MORE >