We are all changing all of the time. We don’t actually have the
option. Most of the time we aren't aware of it or we are avoiding it. People
fear change. This is understandable because sometimes change means losing a
sense of comfort. It might mean more work. It might mean losing sight of who
you are. It could also be the opposite of all of these things.
Right now I’m feeling really good about the idea of a
drastic change inside of me. I’m gaining a new outlook on myself as well as
everyone and everything out there. I’m excited to hit the ground running in a
million different ways and see what I might discover. Sure, it’s still scary
but sometimes when you realize your life isn’t going the way you planned, it’s
best to change direction. Take a road you didn't even see on the map before.
I’m screaming this out to the UNIVERSE! Give me whatever you've
got to show me. I’m ready to learn and I’m ready to change the way I think. I’m
changing the channel from reality television and I’m listening to the static white
noise. The white noise has more to offer if I listen to it carefully. I've been
somewhat successful in making positive changes for myself but maybe it’s time
to implement a lot at once. It’s time for a big shift. Perhaps the planets have
aligned in my benefit or maybe it’s just that my head is clear for once. Get off the mule and saddle up on a jaguar!
About the Photo:
N49's Cosmic Blast
Credit: Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA), Y. Chu (UIUC) et al., NASA
Explanation: Scattered debris from a cosmic supernova explosion lights up the sky in this gorgeous composited image based on data from the Hubble Space Telescope. Cataloged as N49, these glowing filaments of shocked gas span about 30 light-years in our neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. Light from the original exploding star reached Earth thousands of years ago, but N49 also marks the location of another energetic outburst -- an extremely intense blast of gamma-rays detected by satellites only twenty-five years ago on March 5, 1979. That date was the beginning of an exciting journey in astrophysics which led researchers to the understanding of an exotic new class of stars. The source of the March 5th Event is now attributed to a magnetar - a highly magnetized, spinning neutron star also born in the ancient stellar explosion which created supernova remnant N49. The magnetar hurtles through the supernova debris cloud at over 1,200 kilometers per second.
I’m playing my lovely Pandora playlist while working my
glorious ass off and on comes a song that fills me with so many conflicting emotions
I realize I need to investigate and get over it. So, here I am writing at my
self- therapy blog trying to figure out what just happened. Join me in my
insanity.
Why on earth would I give a shit about this song? *Sigh*
I know why. This particular song became popular around the
time I traveled to the Bahamas with Casey. Casey and I were very much in love back
then. He used to play me this song and tell me it reminded him of me. I think
he forgot about that by now since five years have passed. I hope he forgot
about it because he still sings it every time we go to karaoke and if he is
doing it on purpose that’s just cruel. It really was a good time but I can’t
help the fact that this song comes on and memories come rushing in.
The Bahamas trip was beautiful. We had an amazing time on
the perfect beach with jet skis and snorkeling. We went to dinner every night
and enjoyed every moment. Unless we were in the hotel room, that is. During
that trip I realized we were very different. He wanted to be seen with me in
public and have someone on his arm but when it came to being in the room we
might as well have slept in separate beds. Actually, I think we did a few times
thanks to sunburns. It wasn't that there was an issue or anything. We were just
different people. I personally want a lot more physical affection if you get
what I mean. That wasn't something that mattered much to him. At one point we
were sitting out on our balcony with the cool breeze and quiet. We were talking
about what we wanted in life and what mattered to us individually. I thought
this was a person I might marry but at this specific moment in time I realized
we had an expiration date. That moment has always haunted me. It has a dark
place in my heart that still gives me nausea. We stayed together for some time after that
but eventually it had to end for both of us to have the lives we want.
A couple weeks ago Casey and his wife had a baby boy. I would say his life is exactly what he told
me he always wanted. I’m really happy for him. I would say my life is going swimmingly
because I’m doing the things I wanted. However, my biggest fear is that I keep
repeating the same mistakes. If insanity
is making the same mistake over and over again expecting a different result, I’m
clearly insane. I somehow take the most painful things that happen to me and then
fall the hardest for the first person I find that contains all of those painful
qualities or risks. See? Clearly insane.
How can a song popping up on Pandora totally wreck my mind
so quickly? God I hold on to a lot of pointless shit. No wonder my brain
malfunctions.Now I'm tearing up. Damnit.
I’m only posting this here because nobody actually in my
life reads my blog anymore so I don’t have to sugarcoat shit. Thank you online self-therapy.
We are all changing all of the time. We don’t actually have the
option. Most of the time we aren't aware of it or we are avoiding it. People
fear change. This is understandable because sometimes change means losing a
sense of comfort. It might mean more work. It might mean losing sight of who
you are. It could also be the opposite of all of these things.