Feb 06 2009
Beautiful Thing: Doing What You Want
Yesterday I had plans to go over to a friend’s house. Not for lunch or dinner, just a chatfest and a short play date for our sons. Problem was, I was busy with a lot of work stuff, so I really didn’t want to go. Due to her kid’s schedules, she only had a small time frame in the afternoon for me, and I’d have to be back home by 3:00 to get my daughter off the bus. I stressed about it the night before- too much work to do, really don’t have time to go over there, but she’s a friend, blah blah blah.
After some soul searching, I called her in the morning to cancel. And it felt GOOD! I know it would have been the right thing to just suck it up and go, but if that’s the case, why was it such a weight off my shoulders when I told her I couldn’t make it?
We made plans to reschedule- next week, when we both have some free days. And I know life is short, but sometimes doing the right thing means doing what you want to do.
