Moments happen in life that slice through your soul, for me its when I am being truly honest and open to the world.
Deep breath.
I see a squirrel, its a post from one of my favorite bloggers The Everyday Adventurer (see below), seeing this post has me smiling and internally shouting "SQUIRREL!"
It's been an awkward few days in work, tensions have been high and my thinking is "Squirrel! This Squirrel can fix things, who couldn't love this squirrel."
Double tap the image and glance over to my colleague, smiling and happy, truly believing that people are good and things can be fixed with a simple squirrel.
With out glancing at me, eyes boring into her screen, with the tightest lip and tone imaginable I get this response.
"If you think you'er going to make me look at that squirrel, I'm not!" insert eye roll and huffed breath.
Ouch, is the thought that comes to mind. Ouch is what I'm feeling, her delivery of very basic words has cut me through and through. I know I'm in a delicate place right now, I've always been too sensitive. Don't tell me sad stories or you will be mopping up tears for a week. Being cut like that and not for the first time hurts.
Deep breath.
Sigh.
Wipe away the tear.
Don't take things so personally.
Act better.
Be more appropriate.
"Damn it, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a-- (beamed out)"
The Everyday Adventurer
1 comment:
Thanks for mentioning me! And she must have already looked at the squirrel to know it was there. You already won.
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