This is Me (not meme)
I’m not Bill. I don’t have a lot of money, like Bill, and I’m certainly not thin, like Bill. So why compare?
This is Diane.
Diane was just woken up by a horrible dream, where her beloved dog Boris, a beagle/pitbull mix, disappeared in a big park with lots of hills and lots of other dogs and people after Diane had let him off the leash.
(Diane does not have a dog named Boris, though in her childhood, she did have beagle named Bella.)
Anyhow, Diane feels just awful about her dream dog running off… but then wonders: maybe Boris wasn’t happy. Maybe Boris needed new experiences. Maybe Boris wasn’t living the life he was meant to be living.
Which made Diane think, “Maybe I’m Boris.”
Diane worries every day that she is not living the life she was meant to be living, that her greatest gifts are going untapped. And that’s a shame. Diane know she was blessed with some pretty terrific gifts.
Diane is concerned at how fast time is going, and that the changes that need to be made — only she can make them. But she has a difficult time seeing clearly what is the best change to make first.
Diane sees friends share happy photos of their families or their creative accomplishments on Social Media and wonders, “How did I get to where I am now, so far from where I ever wanted to be?”
But then Diane remember it’s only Social Media, where, like in dreams, things are only sort of as they appear.
Like this photo of Diane. It’s her, but it was taken a very long time ago. Same eyes, same brain, same spirit… but a lot has changed since the taking of this picture.
Diane pours herself some coffee. She would love nothing more than to remain right here, and explore these thoughts, and hope for some clarity and insight into where Boris — or rather, Diane — would like to run to, if she were let off the leash that tethers her to current obligations and fears.
But she can’t, for it is time to walk her real dog, Picard, and read a chapter for school before leaving for her corporate job.
Be like Diane. Or don’t be like Diane. It’s your choice. You could do better, you could do worse.
