I had nothing to post today. I hate that. I know it’s not necessary, but my goal is to post once a day. So… this being Thursday, it seemed like the perfect time to start something new. New for me here on this blog, that is. Various incarnations of ‘Throwback Thursday‘ are all over the place.
I went back a long way for this… October 2015. I had a very small number of followers back then so I imagine this post is new to pretty much all of you.
You can view the original post here but I’ve included the whole post below.
the metaphor.
20 October 2015
In my early twenties, I received a book from my then-boyfriend. I can’t remember if it was a special occasion or not. But I do know he chose the book carefully, wanting to give me something with a message… something that would speak to me on some level. It was a very sweet gesture.
I still have the book and still reread it occasionally. I think my favorite part is his message inside the cover:
‘This book is a metaphor for your life. With love, D.’
He was right. It’s a story about fear… about jumping to conclusions and worrying about those conclusions before knowing if they’re accurate. Throughout the entire book, the main character lets his fear take over. He assumes the worst. His greatest enemy is himself.
Sounds like me.
I have always been a bit shy and fearful. It holds me back. I’ve got lists of things I never did because of fear… shyness… anxiety. I still face this roadblock, never quite able to break through fully. Oh, I’ve had amazing moments of courage. And when I think about them, I’m proud of myself. Maybe more proud than I should be, but for me, overcoming fear and anxiety is huge.
I want more of those little victories. Oh hell, I want some giant victories!
But for now, I remain fearful and anxious. And like the book’s main character, embarrassed by it in the end.
Should you want to read this wonderful book (and you definitely should)… here it is:
Enjoy!
©2015-2017 what sandra thinks
what sandra thinks 
Appropriate that the monster is blue!
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I did not realize this comment was on this post and the other was on the other. I thought WP just did a weird thing as it sometimes does.
Anyway… yes… I’m a blue monster!
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Not what I was expecting! 😃😃
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I figured. 🙂 Hey, it’s a great book. Highly recommended. 😀
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We likely have it in our kids’ collection somewhere. 😃
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I’m sure. We actually have two!
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Up in the attic now. Their tastes have changed a bit now. I’ll have to investigate. 😃
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Have fun. Don’t you have bats or mice or something? 🙂
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Nice are out never ending nemeses. Surrounded by fields and pasture on all four sides, so field mice are always a threat. But that’s why we have cats. 😃
As for the attic, no mice or bats, but we get snakes up there. Never actually seen one, but there are double digit sloughed skins laying around at any given time, so they’re up there. They’re just rat snakes, which are pretty big but not venomous, so we let them be so they’ll eat mice too. 😃😃
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Ewwwww. Hell no!
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Life in the country…and life in an old farmhouse. The spiders are what gets me, even more than the snakes. It’s all worse in the winter because every critter in 5 mile radius wants to get warm. We’re their port in a storm….until the cats do their thang. 😃
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I could not live with the snake thing. I’d never sleep again!
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We never actually see them….well, except for the three times we’ve seen one in our kitchen. But, that’s over a 17 year period, so that’s not a bad ratio. 😃
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I remember this post from way back then!! Glad to have read it again 🙂
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You may be the only one who’s already read it! 🙂
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hehe!! That makes me feel special 🙂
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Totally off topic but 20th October is my birthday! 😝
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🙂 Happy Birthday! Late. And early. Haha!
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I can relate to shyness being a hindrance to reaching higher achievements.
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It can really hold us back. I haven’t figured out how to overcome it yet…
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Thanks for responding, Sandra. I’m 77 and still blush easily despite spending a lot of my life in the public eye.
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