Tales From the Snark Files: How I confuse the hell out of the Law of Attraction with my effed up behavior

Recently I wanted to play hard-to-get with one of my old friends from my illustrious past whom I had grown jealous and resentful of because I wasn’t hearing from her as much as I wanted, but thought I deserved. So, after getting a call from her out of the faded blue, I not only decided NOT to take the call, but I waited for close to 2 weeks to respond to her voicemail with a text of my own, rather than actually pick up the phone and call her. I made it sound believably hurried and zanily brief to give it that just-right amount of I’m-too-busy-for-you, madam, with a dash of But-I-love-and-miss-you, hun.

(sigh of shame and embarrassment)

Later it occurred to me that I was letting the facade of “being too busy to connect” serve as a symbol of my success. But then I also remembered how my personal manifesto for more than a decade now had been that MY success was marked by my ability to “LAAF” (pronounced Laugh). To recap, I was Leisurely…, Available…, Abundant…, and Free. That’s how I knew I was successful. And that’s how others could know, as well, if they cared to look.

My movements were Leisurely. Because MY brand of success had afforded me the ability to take my time. After all, I’m boss-less.

My status as a mom, a daughter, a sister, and a friend was Available. Because the 2nd characteristic of my success is an ability to BE THERE for those I care about. Because, again, I am my own BOSS. I don’t need to cry “sick days!” to come see you. I don’t have to ask anybody if it’s OK that I drop everything and be at your side if I love you and you need me.

I am Abundant (as part and parcel of my success) in time-and-money freedom. So I’m actually NOT out here chasing a check and panting after every opportunity that click-baits itself into my view.

Lastly, but so very not least-ly…, I am FREE. As in…, Physically Free to take your call. Emotionally Free to hear your exploits that no longer feature and include me like they used to… Spiritually Free to remember that I can’t uphold Busy-ness as a sign of my success, when the universe and I already have an understanding about what SUCCESS truly is to me.

So to my friend I say, forgive me, girl. And to the Universe I say, it’s retrograde, cut me some slack.

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