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McCool's Speakeasy
Single and still Smiling
A mere week before my birthday (November 3rd), and a short month and a half before Christmas that I felt it was time I end my "miraculously-long-for-me", fifteen month relationship with my boyfriend
When I informed a friend of mine, she exclaimed:
‘You can’t do that now. You don’t want to be single for the holidays
and your birthday. Now is not the time!'
While I appreciate (I think!) her humorous response and genuine concern, I’ll tell you now what I told her then: 'You simply can’t time these things!’
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t contemplate sticking it out until after my birthday and Christmas but fortunately, a light bulb went off in my head and I realized: that would be ridiculous, not to mention slightly immoral. ‘Do unto others…’
And here I am living to tell the tale, a true heroine in my friend’s mind, might I add! Almost a month after my birthday, which consequently, was a BLAST and less than a month before Christmas (only 23 more sleeps!), my spirit is not broken.
In fact, I don’t think I could have picked a better time to do it because obviously, it was the right time. Maybe the horrific state of current wordly affairs, now even more apparent, has helped me to gain perspective on the real meaning of the word ‘problem’.
I don’t know, but ironically, becoming freshly single and liberated at this festive time of year, has caused me to realize I have so many people who care about me even if I’ve ‘lost’ one.
Certainly, my break-up clarified to me that when we face our fears we also overcome them. Likewise, some of the hardest experiences we go through in life are also the ones that make us find and realize our strength, and allow us to learn, grow and move forward.
And with the new-year, 2002 (!), just around the corner and my craving for change at it’s peak, what better time to put this valuable lesson to use! As ‘they’ say: ‘everything is impermanent. In turn, everything happens for a reason. Timing is everything. And, change is good.’
As for Christmas, I’ll be doing what I always do, hitched or single: hangin’ out with ‘all my friends’ and the ONES I looove, drinkin’ rum and eggnog (or whatever’s placed in front of me really), watchin’ the original cartoon version of "The Grinch", stuffin’ myself silly and feelin’ pretty damn lucky!
Whatever it is that you do:
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours!
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