Most people, it seems like they've only got one part of the equation down. Caring for themselves, or caring for someone else. And I'v learned how important it is to have both.
Deb CalettiThe favorite game of temperamental people is Try to Guess Why Iโm Ticked Off. (Contestant number one, Why do YOU think heโs pissed off? Why, Iโm not sure, Bob, but Iโm going to go with โBecause I Left the Faucet Dripping.โ BEEP. Iโm sorry, thatโs incorrect. The correct answer is: โBecause You Happen to Exist.โ)
Deb CalettiTruth was funny, because it was an insistent thing, maybe as powerful and insistent as some force of nature, the push of water or wind. You could keep it out only so long, but it had its own will and its own needs, and maybe you could keep it at bay with lies, but not for long, not for always.
Deb CalettiI had always had a little problem looking out for myself in love. I was afraid people would leave me. So I sort of clung and did everything possible to keep someone around. I didn't have a hard talk with myself about who I was keeping around. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. I clung to people like human life preservers. I thought i'd die if someone left me. Its ironic because now I'm the one who's leaving.
Deb Caletti