Nails and Tails
A couple of months ago, I had applied a set of SOLAR nails, french manicure, top of the line and over time ( a few weeks) I wanted them gone, off, removed, or ripped off, I could barely open a can with a pop top lid, it effected my ability to type, and doing my dogs nails with the dremel I thought I might perform an unplanned trim on them. That is what artificial is to me and the older I get, the less I like it in myself and I find it most detracting from all I meet. Now I am not speaking of nails per se it is an analogy that underneath the fake, facades, and masks are the real "us". That truly is the best, I would rather see the warts, flaws, and imperfections than a facimile of the person. We struggle to impress and compete and for what? Those that love you always will and well, the rest never did. Embrace who you are, Sharon did, Jennie does, Jimmy did...Linda did...these are a few of my hero's past over and one present. Everyday awesome souls who were real with no pretentions...just real...good. BTW, once the nails were removed, my nails looked like they had been cooked, stomped, and perhaps, I had put up a few gallons of corn in the freezer, they were bruised on the tips albeit I chose not the best way to remove them. Underneath, real is better, cleaner, it goes down better, and it what I learned from a very few and how my heart aches to see them again, when I hit the other side I am running as fast as I can to a dog and a woman, Sharon who believed in me more that I believe in myself! She was the most persistent encouraging loving being of my life's experience and the other is my angel Phoebe. She was my true heart dog and I will reach for her and she will jump into my arms and it will be sweet as cotton candy at the fair when I was six years old. I think forgiveness is vital to our life's journey and we must do it quickly or pride and justification come in like a flood and we will not act...it will simmer and then it will boil and we can convince ourselves that we are in the right when it all comes down to forgiveness, it is freeing, the most freeing act one can live. I really must work on forgiving Melly (me) for my life's sins, mistakes, and when I have chosen the wrong path, when I have snapped at people who love me or perhaps strangers at times, forgive myself for my frailties, failures, and faults, it is then that I am sure great spirtual ground is gained. This will be the next level for Melly, forgiving all including self, and no more fake nails if you get my drift! I choose to forgive and in that forgiving, I forgive Melly.
I totally agree about the nails..been there and done that..the only fun I had with fake nails was when we were on a bowling league and my friends fake nails flicked everywhere when she threw the ball..LOL I love to garden..how in the world does anyone pull weeds with those fake nails?? Or peel potatoes? Not to mention type...and that noise?? Sounds like a dog on hyper-drive running around on a hardwood floor!
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I saw a picture Nigel had commented on on facebook of one of your Dobes,ended up here. Being pressed for time at the moment, I can't right now read all, but wanted to say God Bless You. I will be back to read all. What grace and courage I sensed in reading only the one entry. When you get a friend request from me for Facebook, it was the Dobe that drew me to you (I had a red boy years ago) originally, then as I saw the Atlantis page a kindred spirit(I used to show and have a few litters myself-not dobes) My grandaughter and her mom and dad have an aging whippet. Then I read the one entry in the blog and was rather overcome by the grace.
Hope your weekend is a good one. Am going over to see my grandaughter and will hug her even tighter today.
Jamie
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Melly,
Forgiveness is one of the most important gifts we can give ourselves. It's sometimes difficult to understand how to do it. I think forgiving yourself means accepting that you did the best you could in that moment. Who you were in that moment was enough.
Tiffany
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