Tuesday, 5 July 2011

Right time, wrong place


I'm off-centre. I'm out of kilter. I can no longer feel the rock under my feet.

Every day I work very hard to get back on track, but it's as though circumstances have shifted a little, and I somehow didn't notice it happen.

I'm not worried though. I never learnt to swim, but water has never scared me. Drowning scares me, but I'm not drowning.

I suddenly feel the need for another hard winter - 5 months before it's due.

I'm out of season.


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15 comments:

  1. Molly5 July 2011 at 14:22

    What do you say, when you don't know what to say!
    Keep strong! Moll x

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  2. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybe5 July 2011 at 14:23

    I am so sorry to hear that you are hurting Tom. Take a deep breath and know it is never too late to learn how to paddle.

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  3. brismod5 July 2011 at 15:18

    It's never too late to learn to swim, you know Tom. Just read your posts about your trip - it sounds like you had a good break. xx

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  4. Mise5 July 2011 at 15:27

    Is it you, Tom? It sounds like song lyrics written without the line breaks, or a moody novel, or a woman. If you're not worried, we're not worried.

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  5. John Going Gently5 July 2011 at 15:39

    ohhh errrrr......

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  6. Tom Stephenson5 July 2011 at 16:52

    It's not a serious thing - sorry if I have made it sound like that. I just feel a bit uneasy like we all do sometimes. It's all about... ME! (but hopefully rings a bell with you). Mise has got it right - do I feel like a woman? You bet!

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  7. Razmataz5 July 2011 at 18:41

    Tom, I think we are all uneasy about you feeling uneasy...

    I hope you are back centered ASAP.

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  8. Unknown5 July 2011 at 19:07

    chaos and unrest brings growth...it's a good thing...embrace it Tom!

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  9. Cro Magnon5 July 2011 at 21:08

    re the picture. I feel like shouting (in a pantomime voice) "Behind you!".

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  10. Sue5 July 2011 at 23:55

    I feel like that most of the time (but I can swim, sort of)! I was worrying about tsunamis yesterday because the toilet was acting strangely. We're 4 hours from the nearest beach...

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  11. Judith6 July 2011 at 00:33

    What an amazing photo!

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  12. Tom Stephenson6 July 2011 at 01:50

    Do toilets give fore-warnings of tsunamis, Sue? They're more useful than I thought. When I was renewing insurance for the compact but... the flat, the person giving the quote said that I lived within a couple of hundred yards of the river, so was a flood-risk. I pointed out that it would have to rise about 150 feet before it reached our door, turning the whole of Somerset into marsh-villages as the Levels were in King Arthur's day, and she said, "I suppose so."

    Don't get me worrying about growths, Jacqueline...

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  13. Sue6 July 2011 at 02:23

    It was making strange gurgling noises and all the water was being sucked away like the tide going out. I worry about these things.

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  14. Tom Stephenson6 July 2011 at 03:04

    Sounds like you need the bell and candle in my next post, Sue.

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  15. Suzanne6 July 2011 at 10:18

    I'd bee completely freaked out if I were the man in that picture (and I love the sea).
    Chin up chuck x

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