[Bishop's Fantasy?]
This is MY story and I'm sticking to it!If I Had A Million Dollars....
2007-10-11
That's the song (by Bare Naked Ladies - I love that group name!) I woke up to this morning. It makes me laugh! ....I'd buy you a monkey - haven't you always wanted a monkey? Maybe a spider monkey so I'd know what the hell they were talking about when they say "I'm gonna come at you like a spider monkey!" So, I started thinking about what I'd really buy if I had $1,000,000. That's a lot of zeros, but it doesn't matter a whole lot how many zeros there are. I know it's cliche, but what I want - what I really want doesn't come with a price tag because it can't be bought.
Yesterday when I picked my son up after school, he said, "Mom, you're a great writer." I thanked him, but wondered why he thought so. He pulled a folded up piece of notebook paper out of his pocket and handed it to me. I wondered what I was in for. Apparently he'd found something I'd written over a year ago in one of the notebooks he'd taken to school. Once I started reading it, I remembered why I'd written it. The Bishop had given me a list of the kinds of lies people believe about themselves, others, and the way the world works. He told me those lies serve as baggage that holds a person back from learning, growing, maturing, and properly connecting with reality. That conversation prompted me to examine the things I hold true and wonder how they might measure up to what actually is true. This is the list I came up with and the reason my son told me I'm a great writer (wonder what he'd think if he ever ran across my blog - scary):
Live what you believe.
Ability has less to do with success than attitude.
I'm no more or less special than anyone else.
I think more of myself than others think of me, but not that I'm better than they are.
Nobody would love me if they really knew me.
I'm capable of unconditional love, but I don't believe others are because....
...if my own parents couldn't love me unconditionally, then I can't expect anyone else to.
So far, I don't believe anyone has loved me unconditionally.
All men cheat - some genuinely feel bad about it, though.
You don't know what you're capable of until you try - with an open mind.
I'm ultimately responsible for everything.
It's easier for people to trust me than for me to trust them.
Nothing comes without a price.
Honesty isn't always the best policy.
Everyone has something to contribute.
Everything I do should be done to the best of my ability and I believe everyone else should do the same.
I don't know if I believe all of these things the way I did when I wrote the list, but it serves as an interesting reference point. One of these days, I'll revise the list - in my free time :)
piper (2007-10-11)
SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE IN A BETTER - HEALTHER - FRAME OF MIND....GOOD
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