The pendulum has to swing, you know.
It has to make the trip from one extreme to the other.
Then and only then can it find peace in the middle.
This is what I advise my friends and my children when they tell me they are acting crazy and they don’t know why, or when they tell me their lives are nuts, just nuts.
I’ve been all over the place this month in terms of my processing of this – AGE thing -- but we all know that my day is coming so it’s time to try to come back to center.
How will I do this?
Perhaps I will run a bath filled with Epsom salts, and light some candles, and drink a glass of wine while reading one of my very favorite passages from The Life of Henry the Fifth, Act III, Scene I: “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more!” It has been one of my favorites since High School when we had to shout it as loudly as possible from backstage as an exercise in speech class. God I love that piece. I may shout it in my bathtub.
Perhaps I will shop for new underwear. How can a woman feel centered with raggedy old underwear – I ask you! No, a woman needs new and matching underwear.
Perhaps I will observe a day of complete silence….... Perhaps not. The point is, whatever it takes is what one must do. One must do what one must do.
But I think I will save my centering for Saturday, the 30th. On Saturday, I shall also reset my odometer. That’s right, you heard me. I’m rolling back the odometer and I am going to be ageless, timeless, and unaffected by such trivialities.
But until then… I'm swinging all over the place.
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this is a wonderful post, laura! i love the imagery of you in the bathtub shouting while hoisting a glass of wine. i hope your day of centering is full of beautiful things.
ReplyDeleteyou know...your day of centering should include at least one activity in the full moonlight. i hope you have a clear night sky to enjoy the viewing.
ReplyDeleteHeck, it will be too damn cold for her to enjoy any moonlight!
ReplyDeleteLaura, I suddenly had this incredible flash--it's going to stay really cold until you turn 50. That's what this winter has been all about. The world holding its breath. Well, get on with it so the sun can shine warm again.
as well the world should hold its breath! i mean, really!
ReplyDeleteWas I right? The sun came out today, and though it was cold, it was more pleasant than it's been. And I thought, "What nice sunshine and blue sky for my sister's birthday today."
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