Get Over It!
It could be my new mantra.
We had brunch with another new Island friend. An Island friend who has come into our lives through Guyana, Toronto, Mississippi and now Vancouver Island. She's lovely.
Over brunch, we were having a discussion about our homes and this and that when she goes from zero to sixty looking across the table from behind those caring, concerned dark eyes and says:
So what's this angst you have going on...
Oh. Yes. What we were talking about the day before...
She's a Professor. A Doctor of Anthropology and Linguistics
She's both life-smart and education smart. Her students at the University deep within the Mississippi Delta are very lucky, however, she's tough.
I could see that as her eyes focused squarely on me as I started to explain.
When I had done that, she thought for a moment and without losing eye contact she says to me-
"Rob, this is not the right answer or a good answer but I am going to say it first and I apologize for being blunt. Get over it!"
Tough love?
With "Get over it" as a start point we had a discussion and I discovered a couple of things that I knew were there inside but I hadn't been able to put it into words.
She did.
She found the right words and I am grateful. I am not going into details because it's private and even though I have said a ton of things in this Blog over the years, that's all you're going to get- this time.
So, get over it!!
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| What's that Dear. What did you say? Oh...Get Over It! Will do. Thanks for calling. Bye now. |
Saying goodbye is never easy but the road ahead needs to be traveled.
Get over it...
The past is past and the future is now and it's right over there.
Get over it...
Going back is not always the answer. Moving forward can be and probably is.
Get over it...
I don't have a million dollars in the bank.
Get over it...
I hate the fact that pot will be legal soon.
Get over it...
I hate when pot smokers blow smoke in your face as you pass by. It wafts into my nose and mouth. I can taste it. It's terrible and I hate it.
Get over it...
When someone keeps a garage door wide open from morning to night for no better reason than all garage doors in this person's history on earth and ownership of garage doors, have stayed open.
Get over it...
At times I feel like my insides are being pulled as if in a tug-of-war contest.
Get over it...
I don't like the policies and the mindsets of those far right of centre. How can one be a caring human being with that kind of shit going on in your head.
Get over it. No. Them this time, not me...
I always get red lights when I am in a hurry to drive someplace.
Island Time. Island Time.
Get over it...
Our new home- Palm Villa, is not an 1882 Victorian Home such as Pine Tree House back in Orillia.
Get over it...
I may not be able to perform in a theatre on a stage play ever again.
Get over it.
There are people that I may never see face-to-face again. Ever.
Get over it...
I can't think of anything else to write, right at the moment. I'm tired.
Get over it.
