by Pat Antonopoulos
Wonder if that is how we see ourselves--through a brass mirror. Contour and color are fine, but detail hovers just beyond recognition. Each of us holds the self image developed as we either ran or stumbled through life's chapters. There is little doubt about what we find unacceptable or even offensive in others. Maybe that brass mirror hides those same faults in ourselves.
Introspection can be wearisome....and even a bit boring if it lingers too long. But change is a challenge and introspection is a sidebar.
Recently something brought a fairly major change---Blindside Blog kind of change. And I have not always grieved this one gracefully.
Anger and blaming have been out of proportion. If I were watching another woman teary eyed and obsessing, she would get my undivided attention and my best effort at comfort. But...as I have watched myself teary eyed and obsessing, I know I need a silvered glass mirror and a "get a grip" deep breath.
One of my self-talk expression is, "On a scale of one to eternity, where does this situation fall?" I am getting closer to honest perspective, but a little peek in that brass mirror just might be the comfort I need.
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Four Ordinary Women
Click HERE.
![]()
Press
To order the book
Four Ordinary Women
For appearance information
Click HERE.
To contact us
Posts
BlogCatalog
Followers
Links we love
Blog Archive
-
▼
2009
(192)
-
▼
August
(30)
- Desperate Housewife....Fairway, Kansas
- The Third Man
- Grandparents
- Spic & Span
- Brass Mirror
- Mindfulness
- 2/3 Full Inbox
- The rearview mirror
- Hibernation
- The Blind Side
- Family Birthdays
- What a difference a year makes....
- A Little Night Music
- College kids packing....
- Chocolate Cake and Vanilla Ice Cream
- The Sports Page
- Missing those kids already
- Are You Happy, Papa
- Twin Fauns
- Ego and Greed
- Lost Horizons Meets The Bird Woman
- What Now?
- Thank you, Dave Ramsey
- A Purse Full of Pennies
- An Unexpected Friendship
- Gorillaphant
- The Toothpaste Tube
- Kansas City to St. Charles
- Marketing 101
- Day After The Night Before
-
▼
August
(30)
copyright © 2009 by 4 ordinary women, LLC - all rights reserved
1 comment:
I finished the book last night. I know Patti asked us to log on to the blog and report in with comments, and I couldn't see where to do that exactly...so I opted for this forum. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I can tell that some passages were incredibly revealing and painful to write. I have the book full of sticky notes on sections that "spoke" to me, or wherever I found something particularly interesting. I really liked your categories. Made me pause and consider how I would frame an essay on such topics. You ladies have a collective work to be very proud of, and thank you for sharing your insights and wisdom with the rest of your Gentle Readers, as Pat so kindly refers to us!
Sara Grier
Post a Comment