Day 2 - 296 -- Reconciling Negativity

A number of conversations lately have involved discussion of unfairness of one sort or another -- those things that take a toll on each of us. It is a wonder that we all encounter situations where we are made to feel small and less than useful. It seems odd that many losses have occurred in multiple situations within our daily lives that make us feel we are the only ones in such a situation. Often these have occurred and then affected us over a longer term. There are those encounters that cause a feeling of consternation -- encounters with people we may not even know and yet they have left us with a negative emotion. Others are from those we know -- they leave us or hang around longer than we should have let them. Relationships with humans can be so complex <smile>.

One counselor I read about called the negative individuals 'emotional vampires' -- a fitting metaphor for this week before Hallowe'en. <smile>. Getting past such situations can be extremely difficult and may hang around for years and years -- popping up when we least expect to have such things revisit us.  It seems many of us are working to reconcile such hurtful events. It seems that moving past these things can occur, but there may always be a day when it resurfaces briefly. That seems like a manageable goal.

The song for today came to mind while reading about such relationships. It seems there is a power imbalance that manifests in such linkages. This song definitely speaks to that as well as working to get past the hurt. I do love the complexity of this melody and the lyrics, both of which ebb and flow just as emotions seem to do. I am sharing two versions -- the original and a newer version from a movie. While I enjoy them both, the latter with its amazing crescendo reminds me more of the imaginary conversations that may happen when alone in the car or shower or lying awake some night..Enjoy!

The Winner takes it All -- ABBA

The Winner takes it All -- Meryl Streep (from Mamma Mia!)