Advantage for the Taking
Someone unexpected lifted me out of my self-imposed anger today. I had been walking about with this you done me Wrong attitude and she turned it into a Right. Not only unexpected but downright heart stopping shocking. I had written her off a long time ago. Suddenly, I am seeing the faint lines of forgiveness coming through the hate. Am I mad?
I hate being lied to and this lie was self-indulgent and stupid. I could have handled the truth but something chose to make it worse by putting my heart in the mix. The smokescreen was as ridiculous as the lie. Could I not see through it? I couldn’t help but vent. After all, I am allergic to smoke. A sort of blood letting for the hurt, so to speak. The kicker is that I chose to spew my frustration to someone who used to produce just as much irritation as I was trying to release. I couldn’t help it and to make matters worse, there was no stopping me once I got going…you know how it is.
Surprise of all surprises, my rant was met with calm. Understanding. Even a solution of sorts. I couldn’t help but laugh, feel a litte silly. Just how old am I anyway? So, there we are: the barnacle, the newbee, the about face and me. Go figure.
~*LunaSea*~ 
You can often gain perspective from the most unexpected sources. Glad your unexpected source was there to help! 🙂
I agree with Ruth (her replies are always good)
I have been working hard at letting anger go. Lies go. I am glad you feel better and got out what you needed to!
meant to add, you have a lot of wonderful people in your life. I often marvel at how long you have known so many of them. I often wonder if I had lived in one place for a long time if I would too. Anyway, just thought I would throw that into the mix, your friends all show their love for you and that is a wonderful thing 🙂 and I hope your frustration has passed. Smokescreens do suck! That has always been my favorite way to describe something hidden.
miss you!! call me 🙂
Ruby~ yes, your replies are always so good! Smart cookie you are (suddenly I’m Yoda?)…
Time~ I do have wonderful people in my life (including you). I think the trick to having such friends for so long is to make sure they all have a great sense of humor, oodles of patience, and a few good quirks of their own!
My frustration has definitely passed!
Sarah~ see your blog 😉 and yes, I will call! xoxoxo
Thank you for saying that and thank you for the sweet card that came in the mail today 8) xoxoxo so glad your frustration has passed. Think “Halloween” *wish there was a little
jack-o-latern smiley face*
you are welcome. I was tempted to tell you to “look for something” but I wanted it to be a surprise!