Fudge The Change

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The wish to change is an urge that society plants in us and so from an early age on, we look at our flaws. Me? I am no exception. The last sixty years I found so many things wrong with me. I had an endless wishlist of things I needed to change dramatically and so I tried.

How I looked and how I acted. The way I spoke and yes, of course, my donkey laugh, that had to go too. I didn’t get up early enough and went to bed too late. I didn’t eat enough of this, but too much of that. I had straight hair when everybody around me had big hair. My nails were short, my boops too big, my butt too small and I was too tall.

I was too outspoken, always too honest, sometimes shy, and too loud at times. Opinionated and insecure, goofy and earnest.

What was wrong with me?

Nothing, other than society and foolish questions like today’s prompt.

Be who you are and embrace everything about you.

Yes, we all could be better and kinder, we could do more of this and less of that, and some of it is part of our growing and healing process because somehow we all heal from something that happened in our lives.

We change over time as the years pass by. We adjust because we need to. Our lives change and we change with it. Not always by choice, but out of love or necessity.

I don’t want to change a thing about me, other than perhaps going to bed earlier and maybe laughing and acting like a lady could be fun. The goofy socks I wear, maybe I should rethink them too, and the pink highlights in my hair.

Am I too old or not old enough? Is Young at Heart still in? Am I on the wrong side of politics or the right? How do I adjust? WTH I am so confused.

I believe if we really change something drastic about ourselves and our behavior, then we have simply outgrown some of our habits and actions, and that’s why we feel the urge to grow and transform.

Love it, change it, or leave it.

Daily writing prompt

What is one thing you would change about yourself?

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