Just Curious

After taking a few glamorous selfies in the bright morning light. I must say, I had a good night’s sleep despite my penance for not sleeping well. So as I look out into the bright morning light to the east, I’m reminded of the baby blues of  old memories from my past. Still I sit for a moment and breathe in deeply the momentary silence from the busy traffic on the highway. So my candle is lit and I’m dressed quite dapper if I say so myself, for the middle of the week.
 
I discovered a long time ago that if you try to coordinate an outfit, your outlook on the day changes. So along with a few mindful breaths, I try and look my best with what I have. But today comfort outweighs substance especially given my unpredictable digestive issues. So I mostly look like a frumpy old man shuffling through the aisles of a Wal Jacked.    
 
But enough about me, how are you? Did you get enough sleep? How is your health? These are little questions we politely ask each other in civil conversation. Never expecting anything other than a one word answer like “Good” or “Just Fine”. I remember years ago being engaged in conversations, where I would be asked questions like that. Only to when I began to open my mouth the other person would quickly turn away into another conversation. After a while it become a bit of a parlor game I would play with my teenage children.
 
Where they would even notice I would be bombarded with a thousand questions. Only to be quickly cut off and moved on. Maybe that’s why my kids today keep pretty much to themselves and their circles. But I wasn’t brought up that way. We were forced into uncomfortable situations with adults we barely knew. But such as it is, that’s water under the bridge now. So were you caught up in old habits like that, where the patriarchy abused their power and threw you into uncomfortable situations? I’m just curious?
 
#curious #beingseen #valued #habit #selfish