Some people don't really 'get' my analogy of life being a Fashion Show and that's okay. My opinion of where we are at, what we do, who we choose to associate with.....those things that make up our individual casts and shows in my opinion are all pliable. Situations created by each one of us and formed into the exact 'fashion show' that we have chosen at any given time.
I've been waiting for some kind of inspiration for another blog and.....well, I think I have found it. You can decide for yourself if you think it was worth my time.....I have already decided that it is....for me. You see, we have all been given the ability to CHOOSE.
Sitting here this morning, I am reading Facebook posts of friends, texting a couple of them, listening to the radio and reading the odd news article. I am surrounded by minor chaos, as is my normal. The dishwasher is not quite ready to run, the pan from last night's supper is still on the stove, the toaster is still on the counter, the porch has some plant pots and a bag of dirt on the floor that need to be taken out to the garage and in the hall sit some articles that I removed from the spare room.
My messy, chaotic view.
1/2 the dusting is completed in the living room, the bathroom floor needs sweeping if not washing and don't even get me started on the office!! If I went downstairs, I would find A few Christmas decorations that made it as far as the downstairs table (Yes I know!! It is July!!). My surroundings are definitely not in 'show ready' appearance. But ....my bed is made!!
(Inspiration video by a Navy Seal - https://youtu.be/KgzLzbd-zT4 )
Regardless of how many tasks are 1/2 done, how messy or unorganized my life may look at this very moment, that is exactly what I have created. This is where I am, this is my life right here and now. This is my present ‘stage’ whether you look at it as a platform a place or a period of time…..it is my stage. I could have chosen to finish straightening the kitchen last night before I went to bed, but I didn't. I could have finished straightening the spare room for the student from France who will arrive tomorrow evening, but again, I didn't. Instead I chose to play with our new kitties, teach our dog some leash manners, watch some meaningless TV with my husband, wash my dirty feet (my feet are usually dirty all summer) and go to bed. And....I am happy and content with each of those decisions. And right now I am choosing to write a blog telling you how unorganized I am rather than getting my shit together. Again......happy with that!! I am choosing to be happy.
Yes, my stage looks a bit chaotic......maybe that's the theme of my Fashion Show at this moment.....unorganized chaos!! Not only is my house somewhat awry, so is my yard and my mind……within my Fashion Show I am trying to sort out thoughts, objects and feelings all at the same time. Who knows what twist it will take? I may have the show become an educational piece on how to get things done, I may choose to make a documentary on hoarding, I could make it a study on looking within ones self for happiness, or maybe a piece on being content in whatever situation or surroundings you are in. Whatever I choose, again, my choice!
I love getting dressed up and going to fancy places.....but I also love crawling around in a muddy garden!!
You see, I feel that we should not be a slave to our surroundings. We can be joyous in a garden covered in mud, a fancy restaurant in our finest clothes, in The South Pacific on the beach in a palm hut or at in Dubai in a $2500/night room. We can be happy and spread joy to others no matter how much money we have in our bank account, or even if we don't have a bank account.....or a pot to piss in for that matter.
It doesn't matter who we are with, what we are doing, where we are.......there is always only one constant that truly matters and that is how we CHOOSE to react to all of those circumstances.
Choosing to stop and enjoy the sunset on my bike ride.
Some days I think about what other's perception of me and my life is......if they think I'm lazy, unorganized, maybe a little crazy, brilliant, kind or conniving .....but then I realize that whatever they think is their choice as well. They might think I'm chaotic or have a free and artistic spirit, they may choose to believe my house to be unorganized or a collection of beautiful antiques. They could choose to feel that I am being supportive or that I am being condescending. What I have come to realize is that what others think about or choose to believe has really nothing to do with me and everything to do with them. They will choose their decisions and feelings no matter what I do, no matter how my house looks. And, if I try to make my decisions on what I perceive their opinions to be.... life just gets very messy. Maybe that's where I am sitting right now…….in this mess of my perceived chaos.
Regardless of others, today I will choose to be happy in whatever I do, I might get a lot accomplished and maybe I won't. If someone's needs me for something that I feel is important, I might put off cleaning the spare room.....our student may have to dust his own dresser....and he will decide if that is important to him....or not. It may take me all day to get my thoughts written out in this blog……maybe it will come quickly, or maybe I will have to leave it sit for another week…..
Whatever I choose, it is mine, not yours. Whatever you choose, it in turn is yours, not mine. Some people choose to live in immaculate surroundings, some on the streets. Some people function well in organized creativity, others in chaotic non direction. For whatever reason, some people feel that their struggles are what makes them, others find their successes more defining (but then, what is your definition of success). Each of us are our own individuals and we direct our Fashion Shows in whatever way we choose at that moment.
I want you all to know that in my Fashion Show I am the super model. The perfect model (of myself). Everyone in my show is compared to me and I look at their lives in comparison to how I feel about it from where I am. Some I will strive to be a mirror image of, others I would never want to be like. And who knows, maybe I would act, be and react in exactly the same as those who's actions I disagree with if I were in the same situation…..
Yep!! This is me!!
Everyone is different from me, so I cannot hold a judgement of them, only of my imagined self in their situation. I am not sure that we even have the ability to judge others ……. for we can only judge our selves, our feelings, our choices as we would react to what we perceive to be their situation…..their choices…..their beliefs.
I am not sure that we even have the ability to judge others.....
In that, please know that I support everyone’s Fashion Show and look on comparing it to who and what I know….Me. The way in which you cast me is your choice. You may cast me in a supporting role or maybe I am perceived as the villain to conquer. Regardless of how you cast me, I send you my love, support and the wish that your fashion show is everything you desire it to be.
Sometimes the sky is my stage as I completely lose myself in its beauty!!
Oh, and the answer to where your stage is? The same as everything in your Fashion Show……right where you are, because YOU are the star of the show‼
Love ya!
Lorna
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