A Conversation With . . . YOURSELF?!?

I have been so remiss in writing I think the one follower I have will delete me – thank you, by the way, whoever you are! But I digress . . .

Years ago – oh, who am I kdding – DECADES ago, at a job I had as a secretary/receptionist (Yes, folks, a “SECRETARY” not an “ASSISTANT”! I don’t know what the caffuffle is about calling yourself a secretary when that is exactly your job description! But, again, I digress . . .) one of the gentlemen I was doing typing for caught me talking to myself – and to my typewriter (yes, TYPEWRITER! There were days l-o-o-o-o-n-g ago when there really weren’t computers on every desk!).

O.K. You might want to grab an “Inge” roadmap for this one as it seems my thought-processes are all over the place this morning! Again! The digression! (Love that word, all-encompassing!)

Anyway . . . when I looked up embarassingly and saw John watching me, this is what he said: “You can talk to yourself. You can even answer yourself.” (Something that I also always do!) He continued “But you know you’re in (real) trouble if you say ‘Pardon me’!” Think about it for a minute – it will sink in.

So, conversations with yourself. That’s not really a bad thing. I know some will say (jokingly, I hope, although there are people who REALLY MEAN IT) that they can’t find anyone else to have an intelligent conversation with. The people who do mean it may just have lost their sense of humour somewhere along the way. Just think, though, all that people could learn from you if they overheard some of those talks with yourself. Your likes and dislikes; your sense of humour that you hide with others; that temper you try (operative word being “try”) to keep under wraps; and, even the heartache you refuse to show others. Then there are the arguments that you have with yourself. Just think, you’ll finally end up the winner of an argument or three! And last but not least, people might actually realize that the strength you show in so many different ways comes from THE always-listening, all-seeing, all-knowing Father above that hears every. Word. You. Say. And loves you anyway.

You might even learn something about yourself. Just think about it – you can’t ignore the person talking to you; you can’t walk out on the argument; you can’t even hang up the phone! These are conversations and arguments that need completing – unless you want to leave yourself hanging mid-gripe. But if you do that, the ever-changing highways and biways of your thought processes might end up in traffic jams and pileups, causing an unwanted listerner to summon the “little white wagon”, and then the only way you can communicate with others is through Morse Code as you bounce off the walls!! You’ll still have yourself to debate with, argue with, laugh and cry with – unless they muzzle you, too.

There is so much to say on the subject I’m confusing myself at the moment! Which is another reason to have these never-ending convo’s with yourself – trying to make sense out of the number one super-highway called LIFE!

Until next time,
Inge