What caught my eye is his recent (March 2nd) post and his description of himself as a loner and observer. While I love getting together with friends I find that it rarely happens and that when I have those opportunities I usually choose to miss them. I don't know why I miss these opportunities in favor of staying at home and accomplishing little things that hardly register on the accomplishment scales.
Here's the paragraph from his blog that I'm referring to:
I have spoken before about the fact that I've spent a lot of my life being a loner and an observer. I haven't actively sought friendships and in fact I've probably feared them in some ways. Safer that way sometimes. The mother of my children has had no problems along those lines and has had many friends to lean on during those times. And I'll say again that the failure of the marriage was in my eyes my fault, not hers.
Midlife is unique for each individual, but I'm certain there are plenty of similarities in some of our experiences that warrant some sharing of our notes. I'm going to find more blogs about midlife or written by midlifers and post my thoughts on their thoughts. Perhaps THAT will help me get through this severe case of writers block!
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