What have you been up to? Facebook asks. Well, Ive been busy, of course, but that is good. However, Ive managed to let something get under my skin and Im having a problem shaking it. Ive had a recent conversations with someone, though conversation is a generous term here as I really dont get to talk much, and told the person that I have founded a paranormal research and investigation team. Well, she thought that was wonderful. I was able to briefly mention one of our cases before she took complete control of the topic and proceeded to tell me exactly what needs to be done, why, and how I need to handle the entire case. I just sat here, probably looking very agitated, keeping the phone to my head and chain-smoked two cigarettes before she had to go. This, coming from someone who watches an occasional paranormal television program, has never studied, researched or was at no point active in the field and maybe - and this is just me giving her the benefit of the doubt - maybe, just maybe, she has read one solid book on paranormal research. Normally, I find this quality in this particular person somehow interesting and amusing ... curious about how she sees the world around her and the people in it. But this time, I feel like she left a sliver behind and the soreness of the puncture is distracting. She didnt even ask my opinion. She didnt even wait to hear all the information about this case. She jumped to a conclusion without a determination of what was in hand and already had a plan of action mapped out ... and she knew about the case for all but five minutes. It reminds me of when I was pregnant and everyone under the sun had either a terrible outcome to share with me or they felt this overwhelming need to give me advice ... and many were people who didnt even have children. That is exactly what this feels like, actually. And it happened to me even during my third pregnancy when I had experience on my side - this is also familiar to the situation at hand. Well, my writing it all down here was a way for me to work the sliver out ... and I think it is working. Ill just keep reminding myself that this really had nothing to do with me - that it is simply the personality of the person I spoke with and nothing more. She is who she is and so am I. And the world moves on.
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 02:04:00 +0000
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