Thursday, December 11, 2014

The Monkey on my Back

Six months later...here I am.

I have this monkey on my back every once and a while.  Sometimes I mess up or forget to do something, I get so paralyzed by my anger or fear or whatever that emotion is that I feel towards myself, I keep ignoring the monkey.

The monkey gets bigger which makes me more afraid to do what I want to do.  Will others be mad at me?  I am so mad at myself.  It's almost as if I can see and feel the monkey, but in a weird way, it is almost comforting, too.  I have control of the monkey.  I choose whether or not he will get off my back.

Even though I don't like this monkey, I can calculate his every move or lack there of!  I know I should do something about it, but there he sits; mocking me, like a monkey in a circus with cymbols and a drum.

So, here I go.  Goodbye, Monkey.  C'est La Vie.  I am getting rid of you so I can start where I am.  I am sharing our families' lives in order to connect with others.  And I am forgiving myself for letting this monkey get so big.


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