I don't like making decisions where I am the best player, the idea causes me rejection; it's like sharing a table in a group and the first one to serve you takes the biggest and nicest piece of the cake, I can't do that.
I am the character that discreetly looks at the others at the table and understands that some are shy and feel nervous, and also understands that there are some greedy people with little patience, so I decided to be the character that offers to serve the others so that everyone has an equal and beautiful slice of the same size cake...
... it is also almost certain that I will leave the table to enjoy my slice in a quiet place, hoping that no one will remember me. And therein lies part of the dilemma: I like family life, but I also need my own space. My social battery is powerful, but finite.
Oh, and not to mention the commitment issue, if you're someone who takes your word for it and does everything with 200% energy, it doesn't sit well with me if I don't get the support I've been promised.
Blood is heavy and I don't like either extreme, I don't like hyper individuality but I don't like sacrificing everything for others either.
And it is impossible to achieve a balance because both things affect your will or your life or the relationship you have cultivated with other people.
Disappearing and becoming a hermit sounds plausible, but I already know how it ends, and I know I can do much better, especially if I have choices (and choices are to be welcomed, not taken for granted).
But what if I break my programming (if you can call it that) and I want the bigger, prettier piece, would it be so bad, I have seen people do terrible things (lie, steal, blackmail) and in a short time and with no - apparent - consequences regain normalcy in their lives.
I have never done anything like that, no wrong, I mean, so how serious or not can it be if I decide to make this year a year to take on a more ambitious personality?
What happens now that I realize the weight of my blood and that I can fight against it to have a different story, despite the uncertainty that all of us who are different know so well.
March is my month, my birthday month, and I have never done anything dramatic to celebrate it, but at this moment, more than doubt, I am genuinely excited about the date and the future.
This week that is beginning feels critical, important, like when you are about to close a big deal that you have been working on for months and everyone at the table is on the same page.
I also feel a strange kind of calm.
That serenity of finishing something very big and not realizing how heavy it really was and how much it was limiting you until now is like being released from a bad grip and your muscles and bones are throbbing with pain, but relieved.