My therapist asked me Monday night why I didn’t express what I felt. Why did I minimize my gratitude? “I didn’t want to get overwhelmed by emotion,” I said. “It’s not worked out well for me to show too much gratitude. People expect too much in return. They feel like you owe them. I expressed gratitude as a little boy and always got moved on. I learned to hide my feelings. Stiff upper lip. If I cracked open a bit, I’m not sure what would come out. It might overwhelm me. It might not be appropriate to the situation. I prefer to stay in control. To not slop over. Let me do my slopping on my blog where I can edit things.”
People wanted more inspiration from my talks. I only wanted to confess and to share a few steps that have worked for me. Can Lurid Luke inspire or would that violate the terms of his probation?
