QOTD: Do you feel that you sometimes are put into a certain group by others or do you think of others as certain groups, just because that is the common and convenient way of thinking? Which new defined group do you want to belong to?
Yes, yes, yes! I'm hyper-sensitive about my age, and hyper-conscious about the snap judgments people were making when I let my hair go back to it's natural white... pigeonholing me into the "old lady" category. Putting hair color back on instantly took off 10 years, and the judgments stopped. I've been thinking it's time to get the Juvederm injections around my mouth refreshed but was going to wait until I got some more weight off, then just this week someone made the comment "...miss your smiles..." at a time when I wasn't not smiling, so that tells me do it NOW. That resting cranky-face is also very aging.
I know I also make snap judgments - we are assaulted with so much information and stimulus so quickly that its hard not to just log things and move on without even thinking about it. With people in particular, I've been making a conscious effort to stop and wait to see what the person is really about. I'm training myself to look for each person's gift.
My tribe has been shifting over the past year as I've connected with my community of woolly-creative people, and now this new world of healers is showing up as well, so another shift is taking place.
Holy cow, we had a wicked powerful storm blow thru yesterday afternoon/evening. A Texas style storm. Walking to the bus stop the rain was coming down so hard that people were actually huddled under the building awnings... we stalwart PNWesterner's are used to being perpetually damp and rarely carry umbrellas so no one was prepared, including me as I was wearing my puffy coat (yes, still wearing the puffy coat in MAY) which is not waterproof, so I was totally soaked by the time I got home. My house sits at the lowest point in the street, with hills to both the east and west, and I have a storm drain out front that I religiously keep clear. Unfortunately my neighbor across the street doesn't pay any attention to hers, so by 6pm, the street was flooded up to the curb because my drain couldn't keep up with all the water. I dragged myself out in to the storm and cleared her drain, doing my civic duty for the 'hood. Well done me.
Saturday I go back to get more tattooing done... another bumble on my right hand and a sun flower on my left forearm. Other than that the plans are low key, household stuff and some sewing.
Hope all have a happy and healthful weekend.
