Silenced by Steam: Invigorated by Atmosphere
Sally walk through the front door with the grocers in hand, one sack, two, then three and four still in the car, she will go back for some more.
A few more trips to the back seat, she collects all the plastic bags she can see and brings them in.
For the refrigerator she went, yes, put up the milk, butter, eggs, juice, and grapes. A check on the cold items.
The pantry is now newly stocked as well: Cereals, soups, chips and more. Various ingredients, boxes and cans, all the dinner making plans.
Yet, even though she thinks they are all good ideas for dinner and lunch schedules, she is silenced by his madness. His steam ranges from "the soup is too soupy" to the "milk isn't cold enough." When does it really end?
Ahhhh, she has noticed his puppet-like tantrums (kind of hard not to notice). Is he "for real" she asks. One by one, she eliminates what she's done wrong (because over the years...she's shrunk back....and wrongly so....she is not shrink wrap!) and she has an epiphany....she has not been wrong at all. She has been right all along.
The paradigm shift begins as she meditates; in the church, in the garden, walking through the park noticing the glory of the atomosphere.
She seeks nature and all that is therein. Soaking the smells, the morning mist, the new day, flowers and richness of a 'new' atmosphere.
Her senses are aware, it's time for a change.
She makes plans. She seeks the new. The new looks different- she has never been there. How will she know what to do and can she adapt? She will and it'll be easier than she she thinks. Life will flow with her, she just needs to give it a chance.
It's hard though. Like having eating a certain way for a while, then, wanting to eat another way, it takes adjustments, discipline (of what you want) and focus. Nobody said it would be easy- but, it can be.
It's kind of emotional, don't you think (of course!)?
You have your friends, Sally sure does. Family...eh, Sally is not sure who believes her that Ted had really got a hold of her, but the point is, she KNOWS.
Good thing Sally is strong and forgiving, because not every woman is. But, Sally is not a door mat, nor is any other woman. She's been soccer punched one too many times over the apples not getting sliced in the right size or the coffee having too much caramel flavoring...yes, really.
One day, Sally went outside, again. She soaked in the fresh air. She noticed the sky so blue, it looked like a different kind of blue than she had seen before. The flowers were blooming so beautiful as well. She felt a jolt of new energy. It was more than the usual amount of energy.
Sally got a novel idea. She waited until Ted was gone and skyrocketed to the next town with more than her night gown. Fully amazed that she made the jump out of the stump, from hell to new beginnings.
Ahhhh, she could really breathe in the freedom. The liberty was and had always been there, she just had to look for and stretch for it....and it was HARD!
What do you do when you love someone so much, but he beats you and calls you ugly things? Well...you leave...because that's NOT love. Love is a two way street. It's relational.
Love is kind and gentle and merciful. Change your atmosphere, change your life, get invigorated. Life is good, life is what we make it, happy or sad. Choose happy and healthy. Choose domestic violence free.
Where there is liberty, there is life. Women Empowerment Solutions.
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