After Thursday's post (Self-Help?), I tried to sleep but continued
thinking of lists, and expectations, and disappointments. These thoughts stemmed from the funny self-help book list of suggestions on landing
and marrying a man. At least, they seemed funny to me.
But could that list, or any list, really work longterm? To appear as the perfect woman, but actually be a Mirage? I wonder if the self-help list-writer realized that the Mirage-woman, once attained, might be the opposite of what was wished for? (A Mirage, remember, promises a drink of cool refreshing water in the distance, but the thirsty man arrives only to discover dry sand).
The small girl here has no thought of Mirages or sand or disappointing self-help books. She loves playing out her imagination with her new doll house, and putting the 'baby' to bed. I hope and trust that no book will ever try to tell her she must pretend to be perfect. For we all love her for who she is - the Real Thing.
No lists. No Mirages. Only cool, refreshing water.
See you along the way!
the SconeLady
But could that list, or any list, really work longterm? To appear as the perfect woman, but actually be a Mirage? I wonder if the self-help list-writer realized that the Mirage-woman, once attained, might be the opposite of what was wished for? (A Mirage, remember, promises a drink of cool refreshing water in the distance, but the thirsty man arrives only to discover dry sand). The small girl here has no thought of Mirages or sand or disappointing self-help books. She loves playing out her imagination with her new doll house, and putting the 'baby' to bed. I hope and trust that no book will ever try to tell her she must pretend to be perfect. For we all love her for who she is - the Real Thing.
No lists. No Mirages. Only cool, refreshing water.
See you along the way!
the SconeLady
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