Yes, I let the steam rise above boiling and stuck my size 8+ foot in mouth!  I laid my head back and roared like a lion.  (BTW - did you know that roaring lions have no teeth; and since they don’t they must roar to keep danger away).

I went on a tangent (or rant as I’m fond of calling it).  But isn’t that something that us ‘chrono-mature’ women traveling the 2nd half of the journey have in our favor?  Isn’t it totally permissable to speak our minds and let it all hang out.  “Hang out” as long as we’re not verbally destructive and speak the truth no matter how much the truth hurts?

One of the hallmarks of maturity is knowing when to speak the mind and when to keep it to ourselves.  But it’s dangerous to us and to others when we hold back too long.  Because what “goes in” is bound to “come out” in some fashion or another!

If I offended any of you for my remarks about “bloodsuckers”, my apologies.  “Bloodsuckers” is simply a metaphor for folks whose words or behaviors constantly ‘drag us down’ or irritate us to the core’ or simply don’t lift us up!  But even talking about such a metaphor for some of life’s less pleasant moments can be a ‘downer’ - so for being the source of any ‘downer’. . . I’m sorry.

Seriously and without fret or fear.  With my whole being, I want us to be a positive resource for each other.  I want us to “fill each other’s cup” and not “drain us to the dregs”.  I want to hear what works in your life and encourage you to share it with the rest of the ’sisterhood’ that comes here regularly.

So looking at the clock and realizing I’m making vast headway on this day sandwiched between 2 travel days; I want you to know that I’ve recovered somewhat from the earlier ‘rant’ of the day and look forward to tomorrow’s positivity. 

My prayer for each of you is you’ll recover from the ‘rants’ of the day (if there are such things in your life) and find solace in tomorrow’s positive experiences.

Blessings,

Linda, a fellow journeyer