BLOG FIFTY! YIPPEE!!! I have been blogging consecutively since January 1st.
Accountability = 1
Michelle's ADD = 0
Anyway...
I was unsuccessful at getting anyone I asked to do me a favor today. That's life. I get that. What bugs me about this situation is that it seems almost daily that I get a call to help out someone. I seem to be the first person that gets called due to the "flex time" that I am on right now. My motto has always been "If I don't have a scheduled activity, even if I would not enjoy it, I'm in."
But I am hearing other opinions from those in my life when they are faced with the same dilemma. I hear things like "It's too far away.", "That is out of my comfort zone.", or even, I can't even believe this, an out an out "No". WHAT? Literally every Catholic-guilted ancestor of mine just rolled over in their holier-than-thou graves. You can just say "no"? Can this be? Are you allowed? Could Sister Mary Ann have been wrong? Holy crap!
I was always taught that you go to things you are invited to even if you don't want to. You are not going to weddings, funerals, and birthday parties for you. You are going to support your loved ones. Is Catholic guilt all just a sham? Do you really only have to do the things you want to do?
My women's group says a resounding "YES". The opinion of the group is that you should only act if it is in your pleasure to do so. I don't know. I mean if this is true then there are going to be some lightly-attended funerals and christenings, an increase in actual BANK loans and nobody, I MEAN NOBODY is going to be able to get a ride to the airport! Can the world handle this type of society?