Calendar Wisdom

Sitting up at the nurse's station at work is one of those pull off calendars for which each day there is some tid-bit, joke, Bible verse, or widely known saying. While catching my breath during some downtime this evening I glanced over and read the quote for today:

"You can't ever be really free if you admire somebody too much." - Tove Jansson, Tales from Moominvalley, 1963

It's so true, and what's more is that these sayings really and truly are things that we are generally aware of, or have some knowledge of but don't know how to put it into words. Therefore someone with a more eloquent verbage took the liberty of expressing that which we already subconsciously know.

When you care for someone so much it tends to have such a powerful influence over your actions, and thoughts, and feelings, that in a sense you are not free. You're enslaved to that person because you care. You would do whatever was necessary to see that they were content, safe, and healthy.

Yet I suppose we're all guilty of this one in one way or another, so for me to say, beware, would be like preaching to the choir!