Keeping Our Center ~ Day 39

I interrupt your regularly scheduled reflection to bring you Whiny Thursday. Yes, you heard right. I’m whiny. Today I’ve had enough of social distancing. I miss all of you. I miss hugs and having meetings in person. I’m tired of gray, cold and dreary mornings, and I don’t want to walk the dog in it. I don’t want to think about viruses, or another month or more of being at home. I’m tired of making dinner and I don’t like wearing a mask to the grocery store. I’m tired of watching what I eat so I don’t come out of this 20 pounds heavier. I don’t want to talk on the phone, I want to meet for coffee and a cinnamon scone from Panera. Sigh.

We started Whiny Thursday years ago when the kids were in high school. It seemed to make sense to have a day to just let loose and get all the whininess out. Then the rest of the week if anyone started to whine, we reminded them that they had to wait for Thursday! This significantly curbed whining in our home, even on Thursdays, oddly enough. Now we still do it even when they aren’t around. How does this tie into spirituality? you ask. Well, spirituality isn’t about denying the tougher emotions, but processing them and working through them. So, perhaps it’s spiritual to hold space on one day for our whininess.

I’m not entirely sure why this works, but intentionally whining seems to take the sting out of it. Whining when you’re allowed to almost isn’t any fun. And with this new perspective we let it go easier. Weird, I know. But once I’ve gotten it out and let it go, I can move on to more positive ways to spend my time. This is probably why talk therapy works.

Okay, I’m done, thanks for listening. It’s your turn to whine now… we’ll be back to our regular un-whiny programming tomorrow.

Love & Light!

Kaye