LeadWithLove
Chapter One of why LeadWithLove is my new mantra…
I haven’t written lately… a lot going on in my life. Getting ready to list our home for sale and make a cross-country move.
Anxious about how much time to will take to sell. Considering a career shift. Like I said… a lot going on….
This has cause my fuse to shorten (and it’s already shorter than most). I try not to take it out on my loved ones and those around me. So, like most red-blooded Americans, my anger manifests when I’m in the car.
Not to worry… no gun in the car… no aggressive driving techniques….usually just a running commentary of how bad the drivers are around me…
Yeah… I’m the crazy lady taking to herself in the car….
And it’s not just when I am behind the wheel… I’m a cranky passenger as well… much to the chagrin of my poor husband. We live in a rural (read “redneck”) part of Virginia. And every day brings more “Trump/Pence” signs strewn across the county… more “Make America Great” flags….
Gee…I wonder why we’re moving….(there are other reason….I’m not that big of a wuss)
There is one house in particular…. hand made signs.. a new one each week or so. Bizarre rants… can’t think of specifics right now, but just a whole lot of crazy. This guy has been doing this for years. I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t say anything anymore…. I just flip the bird. My own private freedom of expression and release….
One day, I did this and my husband asked me to not do this anymore. It;s not that he didn’t agree and understand. He was just worried that someone would see… and the world being the crazy place that it is, someone might retaliate.
And you know….he’s right.
So I have stopped….
(Just flipped off the TV…showing a commercial about Mr. Trump…)
…. at least while in public.
So a few days ago, I had a thought while driving to work…
“Lead with love…”
Not sure where it came from….maybe a variation of “lead with your chin”, or “… your heart”… who knows…
So I said it … (LeadWithLove)
and then again… (LeadWithLove)
and again…(LeadWithLove)
And I started to relax….
I started to look at the cars that normally pissed me off… the one’s that can’t bother to use a turn signal, or better yet, switching it on half way through the lane change…I rationalized that maybe they had a lot on their mind… maybe a breakup… a sick loved one…who really knows….
And then the cars that you try to pass… and the second you pull even with them, they speed up, and now you can’t get around them without risking a ticket…maybe they were thinking about a problem at home, and when I started to pass, they snapped out of it… got back to the business of driving….no harm… no foul….
And the person that realizes they are probably on the wrong road, and they want to turn around, but they can’t, because it is a county road, and it’s two lanes, with tall trees on both sides… no driveways… but they keeps hitting the breaks… for four miles….again… and again… and again…for FOUR MILES….FOUR FREAKIN MILES!!!!! I MEAN REALLY?!?!?!?
CRAAAAPPPPPP……
This Lead With Love thing is gonna take some work….
But I’m willing to give it a try.
More later…. popping my nightly Xanax….
