These Doubts

Reprint from my Corpgirl Hubpages site.....written in the summer 2012.  Hope you enjoy.

My first thought of the day......"What the heck.....?". I look around and for a second or two everything's a blur. It's a moment in time, but suddenly everything comes clearly into focus. This is my life. I'm here and everything before has led to this moment.

I'm standing beside this man completely aware of him. He's a constant for me. He's my husband. The love of my life. In that, I have no doubt. There's no second thoughts. He is it. I say that because, it's true. It will always be true. And yet, I have doubts every single day. I'm fractured and broken.

He deserves better. I'm not good enough. I never will be and yet, he's still here. The little doubts of a life time creep in and the questions begin. Why is he still here? When will he realize all I'm not? Am I enough? I can easily work myself into a frenzy. In fact, I have at times. I have my ups and downs.
Yes, I am broken, honest to a fault and self effacing. I tend to play down my good traits. Yes, there are a few......<smile>

I'm calling this out, because no matter how faulty I am, I am a smart woman. I am strong. I am enduring and durable. I have a big heart and care for others. I love with all my heart. It breaks at times, but it mends and makes me stronger. I laugh often and can be quite funny in my own quirky ways. I cry too, but not always because I'm sad or mad. I can take knocks and I can give them. I have patience and can out wait the best of 'em. I can provide for my family, for me and others. I have charity and give, sometimes too much. I can sing....offkey, but will belt it out and feel giddy for it. I can dance and do and I don't care that it's more a jitter than rhythm. It fills me up and elates me. I can hope, imagine the impossible and it sustains me.

Yes, I have my doubts. They come and go. They make me stronger and remind me where I am, where I've been and where I want to go.

XOXOXO

Congressional Reform Act of 2013 - Let's Do This

Excerpt from CNBC below.....it's food for thought in getting our government back to working for us instead of against us!!!!

      

Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling:

"I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election.

The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971 - before computers, e-mail,
cell phones, etc.

Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took one (1) year or less to become the law of the land - all because of public pressure.

Congressional Reform Act of 2013

1. No Tenure / No Pension.

A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they're out of office.

2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.

All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void effective 1/1/13. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women.

Congress made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

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I like it!

 

XOXOXO