(Gosh I hope I spelled that right!)
My daughter has not lead a charmed life. No,(especially while she was in school,) things were usually pretty rough for her. She invented a "tool" to help her get through these days - she called it "Narcissist Day" she would proclaim one of these days anytime things got particularly hairy, and she needed to "boost' her self-esteem.
On Narcissist day, you are not allowed to say anything negative about yourself...you are only to rend the air with praises to your own beauty, wisdom, and glory.
She was really good at it too! She would absolutely have us all believing that she was an amazing and wonderful human being! (which in reality, she is!) But I think it did help her to feel better about life, and about herself (and to laugh about how silly life can be!)
I've been pretty down on myself all this weekend. In fact, during a chat that I had with a friend last night, I beat myself up pretty good. There are a lot of things I'm not feeling too great about at this point in time (most obviously, the way I look), and I decided as I lay in bed waiting for sleep to come, that maybe it was time to proclaim a Narcissist day for myself. However, when I tried the next morning, I found that the words just caught in my throat and wouldn't even come out! I can't even pretend to be "Fabulous!"
Goddesses do not waddle to and fro when they walk, or have to buy their clothing at "Buckets & Barrels," or wear 3 inch thick glasses just to see what time it is!
They do not have to beg Prince Charming for a minute of his time, or get asked to jump in the pond because their croaking is disturbing the choir.
So, sadly, Narcissist day did not happen today, nor is it likely to anytime soon!
4 comments:
Narcissist Day sounds like a good idea..and i agree, that there are times when any of us can find anything good about ourselves!
This will pass...the sun's always behind the clouds and thankfully my bum is behind me as well. :o)
So sorry you had a rough weekend granny! We do all go through these spells.....BUT please know that you bring so much joy to those of us who chat with you and you have truly been a blessing to me in my hard times this past year! keep laughing and being your light hearted self and things will turn around! ((HUGS)) to you and hope for a better tomorrow :)
OH Pat! Big huge hugs heading your way! I like the idea of Narcisist day..you totally deserve it and if you can't muster up what it takes to tell yourself how truly wonderful and amazing you are...come find me! I'll give ya a good "you are fantastic amazing beautiful wonderful friendly thoughtful creative artistic funny supportive" fix!
I really didn't mean this to be a "pity party", I just meant it as an opportunity to laugh at myslef, after all there are a lot of other issues that come into play here, ie: my inability to lie to myslef, my upbringing (we weren't allowed to speak highly of ourslelves - it was considered boastful and was not acceptable), and it's not just a vanity issue either - the fact is, that over the last few years, I have dissapointed myself over and over again, until I'm to the point that something has to change - I don't want to feel like this anymore...
Now that that's all cleared up - I just want to say how truly touched I am by everyone's comments here! It really means a lot to me! Thanks for the love girls!
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