If you've ever watched the "Golden Girls" on a regular basis (in syndication on Lifetime every weekday from 5pm-6pm CST!), apparently all of life's problems can be fixed by sitting at the kitchen table and talking with your 4 elderly roommates. You can always find Blanche, Dorothy, Rose, and Sophia gathered in the kitchen hashing out their problems at 2am. I, on the other hand, find it much more helpful to do the following:
"Dance like nobody's watching; love like you've never been hurt. Sing like nobody's listening; live like it's heaven on earth." ~Mark Twain
The Boy and I do this on a regular basis. We find ourselves caught up in singing the theme to "Golden Girls" in a very low bass voice and then laughing ourselves silly afterwards, or dancing to classics like Ace of Base's "All That She Wants". It was a long process to woo the Boy into singing in front of me and for me to dance in front of him, but now it's not a problem. It makes all of my problems from the day disappear.
Dancing in any form - car dancing, in a club, or in the comfort of your own home - is one of the most liberating things a person can do. Dance it.
Love someone - anyone - everyone. Love can be contagious. Love it.
Sing at the top of your lungs in the car. Who cares if you get funny stares from other drivers? Sing it.
Live like today is your last day on earth. Smile and love your life. Live it.
We all have our problems from day to day. Try not to let them get you down. I posted earlier about hating my job. Its not a definite punishment - it will pass. Mark Twain was a smart man.
2 comments:
OMG! (Did I really just say OMG?) But anyways, OMG, it totally works! The kitchen table thing! ANYTHING can be fixed by sitting at the kitchen table! Just last night, my new roommates and I sat around with a few bottles of wine (okay, so there was no table, but there were counters and floor space?), and fixed all the world's problems, including the whole Isreal-Palestine thing and why it's so hard to unscrew the salsa after you've already opened it. It was marvellous.
I know! It's really amazing! What is it about a kitchen table/counter that opens the emotional flood gates and allows us to solve all our problems?! It's a mystery...
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