This struck me as superbly funny, as I always feel I'm 10 steps behind on so many things; that I haven't seen hardly anything in this world; that I've missed out on things that I consider to be normal in everyone else.

I used to think of this negatively. Now I know that it's neither good nor bad, just different.
And even understanding this truth that has been staring me in the face this whole time, I still feel stuck.
Stuck in what? I don't know.
I used to think of my life as an average life. Nothing spectacular, nothing over-ambitious or exciting to anyone, sometimes barely even me.I was always too busy comparing myself to everyone else.
How do you get out of that train of thought?
I know that what I have is special. I know that I am EXTREMELY lucky for everything and everyone I have. I AM HAPPY.
I do not know when I got to be so selfish as to want more. I don't even know what else there is to want.
I don't think that this sort of selfishness is all that bad in the grand scheme of things.Wanting more for yourself and your family isn't always wrong. But I am disappointed that I've let it infiltrate my mind so much in the recent months that it hinders my attitude & my creativity.
There is nothing wrong with my life.
I am just feeling stuck. Or perhaps stunted...? I'm not quite sure.
What frustrates me most I think is my lack of drive. Not that I can't get driven, but that I never seem to feel a reason to be driven. I'm un-driven to be driven which is a wholly ridiculous concept in the first place. But somehow it's accurate.
I'm nearing 30, but I have no specific professional ambitions, I'm not committed to any idea of one place to be. The only things I know for certain are: I LOVE MY HUSBAND. I LOVE MY FAMILY. I LOVE FEELING FREE.
And that's about it. These are three WONDERFUL, and by no means small or insignificant, things to me. But sometimes I wonder, is that enough? In the long run, will it be all I need? Will I learn all I need to learn? Will I accomplish even a fraction of what I am capable of?
And if not, why is that?
There are so many questions, never enough time.
I keep reminding myself that I need to not worry about those things that I can't control, but I'm beginning to wonder if in my striving to follow this, am I actually neglecting that which I can control under the guise of telling myself I can't? Is it laziness? Depression? Ignorance? Or just plain denial?
Whatever it is, I'm stuck in it.
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