Ode to stuffing thy self!
I went to this store build a bear with my daughter they get to stuff their animal right there, kiss a heart and place it inside the stuffed animal. Today I began to think of the emotions we are stuffed with. We have good memories, the mark of old loves, scars from wounds and the character these moments built. What if you could unstuff yourself and only put back in the good? Life would be so simple. Right?
For me I was raised by my mother who was a therapist and a Father who was psychic. Consequently he couldn't hold traditional jobs because the pressure of knowing how others truly felt about him. This made him stress about money and he wasn't always the nicest man during these places. He called me names and was verbally and psychologically abusive. Are you shocked to hear this from me? I seem so together right? Many years ago I looked at who these experiences had made me and what traits they formed. It made me strong. I would never give back my strength to erase this period of my life. I love my strength. It made me couragous. I boldly can face any turn life throws at me for I have already crawled through the worst of it. I love my courage I would never unstuff that. I learned to look beyond the words of a person to the motives behind them and see deeper than the surface. I would never give this away or remove it. I gained many wisdoms during this time became even more sensitive to others emotions so that the slightest shift I could detect and prepare for. There will be people who enter your life and seemingly leave a path of devestation. Perhaps they leave you raw with pain when they walk out suddenly. Perhaps they shared with you something valuable that you molded yourself after. We are constantly sensing and encountering new experiences to learn, repair, and become anew. Embrace the places you have traveled in your lifetime for they define you. My father taught me the importance of patience with children in his quickness to find temper. We do not always learn who to be or how to act from good experiences. Some of my greatest attributes came from some form of sufferage. The harder you have to work to have joy in your life the higher it's value. These moments are priceless. An easy road in life cannot shape and define character and interest. When we fall in love it is usually for "troubled" souls we look forward to the work they will surely need. Nice people usually do finish last as the saying goes when it comes to love. You are a human mortal person full of varied and interesting traits. Think of what you are "stuffed" with this thanksgiving and be grateful for all of it. Without it you would be someone else. Why crave the life of another? This ensures you will never be happy. Today take inventory of what you do have. I tell my daughter I can live without a house, a car, tv, or computer, the only thing in the whole world I cannot live without is you.
If you have one person you feel this way about you are rich. We are here to make the most of what we have rather than chase what we don't. In an economy where loosing your home and having to sell off prized posessions in becoming more frequent it is more important than ever to count what you do have and know it's value. You are not a house, or car you are a personality. These things can be replaced in time. Love and family are your treasures. You are theirs. We overlook the blessings before us. Tell people they are special to you and often. No one ever gets tired of being lifted. I am thankful for you because you make the world interesting.
