The Same, but Not Equal: The Simple Woman's Daybook

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For Today:  Tuesday, March 6, 2018
 

Outside my window …  A sunny day in the mid 40's.

I am thinking... about giving up the crusade.

Y'all, I'm tired.  Being created unequal in a church culture that will never let me be equal is exhausting.  I have very few things that I crusade for, but those few have left me tired and dejected, and no one has been helped (especially me).  I don't want to leave you with the impression that I am bitter about my circumstance; far from it.  However, the fact that either it is only happening to me, or those who've experienced the same issues do not acknowledge it, is very wounding to my soul.  I said that I would be happy being a square peg in a world of round holes, but that was a lie.

Yeah, I'm talking about the marriage thing, the mom thing, the color thing, the southern thing,  the "whatever" thing.

I'm tired of "things" and being defined by them. 

I'm fed up with acceptance being interpreted as "exceptance."



I'm bored with trying to change myself into someone equal to those around me.  Equality in this day and age is a farce.  It's not like the days of the suffrage movement or the civil rights movement.  Those were crusades that were desperately needed.  Those were injustices of epic proportions.  Whole chunks of society joined together to say "no more systematic inequality" and won.  An individual with individual problems cannot hope for the same results.  I can't obtain equality or earn it; the price is too expensive.  I either have it or I don't.

I need to be satisfied with inequality.  My inequality isn't something I chose; it chose me at conception.

You know, this blog is supposed to be about sharing my knowledge and experiences with others so that hopefully, someone can be helped and encouraged--even if it's seeing how not to do life.  I don't feel that I've done that, and I'm sorry.  I will work harder to change that.

So mommy bloggers, you win.  White shamers, you win.  Black shamers, you win.  Y'all can have it.  I'm going to do MY thing!

 

I am thankful...for the coming spring. 

From the Workshop...

I am reading...  

• I Thought it Was Just Me by Brene Brown.
• Word Made Art: Lent by Heather Caliri
• The Greatest Thing in the World and Other Addresses by Henry Drummond.

Books I’ve finished since my last Daybook

• Your Best Year Ever by Michael Hyatt.  The review is here.

I am learning... see "thinking" above.

Favorite quote(s) of the week: 

"What I like to do is set a goal that's almost delusional and then dial it back a few clicks." - Michael Hyatt

I am looking forward to...  Easter.

And now for something totally different...

  





 

 

 



I took this in Sprouts the other day.  Want to tell me what's wrong with this picture?  :)