Shake what your mama gave you

June 24, 2019​
Remember that song??? Kind of makes me want to bust a move and shake my tail feather….not really, lol. I don’t mean dance necessarily, though you can if you are so inclined, I mean give it your all and be true to YOU.

​Listen to your inner self and follow your heart, bring it to every conversation, every email, every “Good Morning” greeting, and smile like it’s 1999. (Ok, Ok, I am having too much fun, and even possibly showing my age.)

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Once upon a time I was wayyyy too shy to let my personality be seen or heard. I had fun but I didn’t want to be on anyone’s radar. In high school, as dreaded as it was, I was happy enough to ride in the shadows of my friends, no ripples from me.  But I still quietly and occasionally played the class clown looking to make anyone in hearing distance let out a giggle. Or better yet, I would maybe make some sarcastic/smart-ass remark while seated in the back of the classroom as if I had no filter or restraint, as long as I was safely distanced from the teacher in front of the room, and if it was good enough a friend would say it out loud for all to hear and get the whole class laughing while at least once getting called out by the teacher for going too far, I was happy to let them take the credit for my brain-child sarcasm. Perhaps I was an instigator, but shy for the win since it pretty much saved me from getting in trouble.
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Now with a shy past, I sit here on my new laptop (it has been too long) reflecting at the progression of then and now. I am much more confident and a little more mature, still want to have fun and glad to say I am happy to let my sarcastic personality shine accordingly and I might be able to apply a filter on occasion.