As The World Turns

"If the world is constantly turning, how is it that most of us are standing still?"


If you are a physics buff, you'll answer that question with an explanation of Newton's laws of gravity/motion, but it's not that kind of question.  If your life is moving forward, why aren't you?  How can you be ten years older than you were in 2002, and still be wearing the same hairstyle?  I can answer that one because I have been wearing a short cut since 1995!  I like my short haircut.  It's very becoming on me, and nobody rocks it like I do! :)  So it's not that kind of question, either.  Well, not exactly.  The real question is about your happiness; your growth.  If I were unhappy with my haircut, then there would be need for change; but I'm not unhappy with it at all.  In fact, I still love it!  But...if I were unhappy, I would have changed it a long time ago.  Going to the short haircut was what I did in honor of my new life after my divorce.  I changed who I had become because I needed to be someone different.  Now I'm happy.  Are you?

If you're not, something in your life needs to change.  Be careful not to fix what isn't broken, though.  Fix what isn't working for you.  Someone said to me the other day, "I just can't see the light at the end of the tunnel."  My response was, "then stop looking at the ground!  Tunnels are underground; there is no light there.  Look up.  Find the sun.  See the light of day for the first time in years.  Do something you've never done before that won't hurt you or anybody else."  Because this was a female, I suggested, "buy a pair of eyelashes and put them on."  She thought I was nuts and vehemently refused to do that.  I told her, "you refuse because you've talked so harshly about the women who are wearing them, but guess what... Nobody cared when you were talking about them for wearing false eyelashes, so you don't have to care when others like the old you talk about you for doing the same.  Eyelashes are harmless fun."

And it's true.  No one having fun really cares when miserable people talk about them for doing what they enjoy.  Those people are called "haters", and they have their place in society.  People having fun enjoy haters.  After all, where would any of us be without them?  Better the hatED than the hatER, because they only hate the fact that they are not you!  Haters remind us that we're at the top, and besides, they rarely tell you about their criticisms; they only tell other people.  You don't even have to hear it.  The fact of the matter is that when you change, so will your social group.  The haters will stay haters and you will become a congratulator!  Then you'll look back at the old you and thank God for change!  You'll see just how UGLY misery really is.

Don't stand still while the world is turning.  As the world turns, days become nights and nights become days.  That means that time is passing.  If time is passing, you're getting older.  So wear that mini skirt or those skorts before the cellulite catches up with you, and please...if it's too late, wear some jeans!  If the cellulite has hit you, change your hairdo instead of your skirt length, or buy a different brand of make-up.  Stop wearing Jean Nate, Tatiana, Chloe, Red Door, Versace, or Channel No. 5, and try that Michael Kors Original Scent or the MK Gold!  (I purposely left out J'Adore because I still love that one!  Okay, so I'm biased.)  Splurge and buy that B. Makowski bag or that Bodhi.  OR...

...put down that Hermes; you probably can't afford it any more anyway!  Now just because you're buying it doesn't mean you can afford it!  You bought that Hermes knowing you're hoping your girlfriends don't ask you out or if they do, they will so graciously pick up the tab!  Go on and buy that Nine West so your daughter can go to summer camp with her friends this year!  Or better yet, put that Louis Vuitton down and pay your mortgage on time!

Seriously, if the world is turning, your life should be evolving.  It doesn't matter whether you're going up to the Louis V's or coming down to the Nine West.  Grow into the best person you can be at this time.  Lessen your stress by being your best.  Strengthen your ties by opening your eyes...and seeing what's right in front of you.  You only have one life to live, so live it to the fullest!