I need a new make-up mirror. The one I'm using is a Conair, two flourescent light, mirror. For weeks, when I've sat down to do the daily cover-up/make over, filling crevices and camoflaging 67 years of well earned wrinkles, the left mirror has flickered, gone out, come back on, flickered some more, gone out and come back on. It can be depended on no longer! With my vision in the stage it's in, you can imagine what the left side of my face looks like when I've completed the make-up job...shadows and lights!
Yes, the mirror can still be used, though it's not as effective as it once was. I don't know much about the workings of electrical things, but it seems as if there is an electrical short...points making connection and then all of a sudden, no contact. After all this time, if it were the bulb going bad, I think it would have already done it's "burn-out" job.
As I was applying my make-up this morning, waiting on the 'flicker back on' stage of the light, I began to think that this is much how my life has been lately. There's a short in my life. Is it a complete burn-out? No, I don't think so. But I have moments of flickering on and off. I'm inspired and then I'm not inspired. I'm motivated and then I'm not motivated. I'm interested and then I'm not interested. I'm compassionate and then I'm not compassionate. I'm decisive and then undecided.
I believe my problem is that I've become overly obsessed with things of the world over which I have no control. I watch too much news and read my share of blogs that discuss the pros and cons of what I've just seen on T.V. I go to bed at night thinking of all the 'news' I've heard and read about during the day....worry, worry, worry!
Well, shame on me!! Not ashamed that I am informed of the happenings of the world but that I've not put them in perspective. I want to be well informed yet I need to separate the 'wheat from the chaff' so to speak, turn loose and "let God...".
I pray that the light within me will stop flickering and that it will be one of which people can depend.
7 comments:
It's a good prayer, and the flickering light was a good analogy. Like the song, "Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning..." Only now, it's not oil, and we don't know how to fix our wiring so we stop flickering and start being dependable lights...
Jupiter & Mercurius??? Who the heck...? Never heard of 'em.
Boom chica
I can relate to your dilemma...I resemble that remark. Except I call myself, wishy washy. My heart is deceptive and I go on 'emotions' way too much. Thanks for your transparency.
Friday, July 27, 2007
I CAN DEPEND ON YOU TO CALL ME A BAD NAME.LOL THOUGH MY BRIDE SAID THAT YOU WERE A GOOD JUDGE OF CHARACTER. IF YOU KEEP THE FLIP FLOPING UP ,YOU SHOULD MAKE THE RUN IN 08
I was just talking to Br. Calrissian about that today at an activity. The conservative me says make jails a dungeon-the Christian me says try and rehabilitate. Well, even the best of us get "flickery" sometimes!
Oh, and I laughed my head off at Crabby Old Man's suggestion that you run for office!
Is this what is called "schizo" ??? (webster says...exhibiting slight symptoms of schizophrenia...mental disorder...known as split personality, characterized by a social behavior, introversion, and loss of touch with one's environment. I resemble that!! Wilma
girl...
I am SOOOO LIKE YOU!
hugs!
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