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Dear Self,
I wanted to jot down a little note to remind you to lighten up once in a while. It isn’t your fault that the world you grew up in gave you unrealistic expectations.
You have to remember that those halcyon days of the 1950s, when Ike was president, Elvis was king and Wally and the Beaver got warm cookies after school are gone. I know they imprinted in your mind that the future would bountiful, non-gay, Anglo-Saxon controlled and orderly, but that was a lie. Get over it.
Things change, and often times we can’t do anything about it. The expectations that you had of competency in government, your co-workers, your neighbors and society in general were unrealistic. Things got muddled, compromised, liberalized and averaged.
Our parents taught us to have high expectations. Growing up taught us to expect competency. Reality has made us realize that we are luck to find plumber or electrician that can read and write.
Deal with it. The world isn’t what we were told to expect. You can’t do anything about it and it isn’t going to change. So it isn’t worth getting all upset and pissed off about on a daily basis.
Sincerly,
lotus07
then, when your done being pissed off about unrealistic expectations, you can start to notice more awesomeness in your world. there is beauty everywhere. all sorts of delights to hold and see and cherish and be thankful for. just you wait!
ReplyDelete{You lost me at Elvis. Believe it or not I'm a huge fan of his films and movies. His songs are now stuck on replay in my head}
ReplyDeleteI think these letters you are doing are absolutely a great idea- it's almost like writing in a diary/journal- a way to purge out your feelings and thoughts. Thank you for sharing, Lotus.