We are on a bowling league with hubby’s family. It’s really quite nice because it’s just me, hubby, his mom and his pop and they are super good people… it’s good quality family time and it’s kinda fun! (His dad bowls really well, well – he does too, I guess!)
Anyway, last week, I made a comment to my MIL that I haven’t forgotten. It was an epiphany. I suddenly realized something significant about myself. Kinda neat!
I made the comment to MIL about how I tend to over-correct my ball. Last week, my first ball was hitting all the pins on the right side of the lane, and when I’d go for the left pins, I often got a gutter ball. (I rarely get gutter balls – but I couldn’t bowl worth squat last week). Anyway, I told her that I tend to over-correct everything in my life – not just the second ball when bowling. If I don’t like the way something is … I change it BIG TIME. Or, if someone tells me something about me that I don’t like, I fix it – to the extreme. If someone says that I don’t look good in green, well – I never wear green anymore! (Unless it’s someone I don’t care about, LOL, then they can say whatever they want and it won’t change my life at all.)
That could be why I took a very long walk yesterday with Julia in the stroller and the dog on the leash. And, I got up 20 minutes earlier today so that I could walk to work. Did you read my last post? I started letting myself feel “fat and lazy” so – there I done and went fixin’ that!
Funny how a 1 minute conversation at a bowling alley with close friends can essentially change my life – even if only for the time being.
September 28, 2006 at 1:08 pm |
Good for you – even if it’s only for the time being, at least you try. That’s more than a lot of people do!
September 28, 2006 at 4:24 pm |
It is so hard to make a permanent change! First step is trying! Kudos for seeing it like it is!