I once thought how cool it would be to be "in" a soap opera! Lately I've realized...I am!!! I used to think how awesome it would be to fall off a cliff and die and return a few years later, or have the ability and stamina to marry your father's brother's sister's niece's dad and have it be completely normal. Or possibly have your adopted child forfeit her ability to parent, move away, move back, get arrested and then decide to give it another try...with a completely new child. "How twistedly normal would all that be," she said rhetorically!
Thankfully, in a soap opera these are just written words portrayed by second class actors (IMHO!) In real life, they're the events that are the onset of gray hair, stress related illnesses, wrinkles and premature aging. Who doesn't want all that in their daily life!
In a soap, you can just turn off the boob tube and carry on with your everyday activities. Probably a second thought isn't given to anything you watched unless a friend asks what you thought about that day's episode and you hash over the what ifs! With age comes wisdom, premature or otherwise and is one welcomed advantage. After the past 12 months, I am no longer blindsided by any event. The "you're supposed to(s)" are in the rearview mirror and no longer affect my thinking! Fingers crossed that all (well, most) drama outside of the soaps affects me as much as the drama inside.
The rules are actually quite simple:
- Love the ones who love you back
- Mind your own business
- Give second chances (only)
- Offer advice when asked and take it when needed
- Breathe, relax and carry on
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