Because We’ve Always Done It That Way Drives Me Crazy

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Because we've always done it that way, Diana Schwenk, grumpy, health, Hump Day Chronicles, irked, Purpose, road rage, sleep, tired

I don’t know how you feel about it. Maybe you think I should just get over it. Maybe I’m just over-reacting. That’s definitely within the realm of possibility. I mean, maybe it’s not really a big deal.

But it drives me crazy and I don’t understand how it benefits anyone anymore. I know it used to be relevant; it served a practical purpose. Yet I think it’s become a because-we’ve-always-done-it-that-way relic of a ritual and that just IRKS me!

I want to sleep. I want to bury my head under the covers and stay there all day. I’m tired. And tired makes me grumpy. I have a headache, my eyes hurt. And I’m reactionary, I’m short-tempered, less open-minded and don’t get me started on all the stupid drivers out there.

It’s going to take me at least a week to recover; to feel normal again. It always takes that long.

How about you? How does it affect you? How do you feel about Day Light Saving?

~ HUMP DAY CHRONICLES ~

More than one night…

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Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, “Where have I gone wrong?” Then a voice says to me, “This is going to take more than one night.” ~ Charles M. Shultz

What piece of the puzzle am I missing?

Why can’t I just do what is expected of me?

Why can’t I just fall in line?

I just can’t do it

It makes my stomach queasy

It feels…

…fake

There’s got to be more

a bigger purpose

Why can’t everyone see it?

Why hasn’t it dawned?

Why won’t it reveal itself?

There was a time when I didn’t mind standing alone…

a time when I felt STRONG

and determined to press on

for the greater good – the bigger purpose.

Now I’m just tired

awake in the night

and alone…and alone feels…

alone.

Yet I can’t let it go

can’t let it slip away

My strength will return… I know

it’s just going to take more than one night.

~

Wandering in the wilderness can be a good thing

It’s like the dark before the dawn

on the edge of awakening

~ DIANA’S ENORMOUS BOOK OF QUOTES ~

What awaits you in the morning?

What are you hoping for?