Last night I took myself out on our first date. A real date.<\/p>\n
I have been setting intentions which each new moon this year and the Libra new moon is a great opportunity to set intentions around relationship and balance. One of my new moon intentions this month is that I am at the center of my own life. In the past, I would orient myself so that I revolved around other people, like a planet around a sun. I would carefully monitor their lives, caretaking to the point of losing myself. Anyone else do this?<\/p>\n
So, that way of being is in the compost now. What better way to put myself at the center than to ask myself out on a date?<\/p>\n
\\Well, it was one of those Who would want to date me? Actually, if I had been on that date with anyone but myself, I would have spent money, planned better and taken my date’s needs into consideration. Last night I was given clear insight into how hard it can be for me to put myself at the center. How I date myself is a total reflection of how I treat myself. It’s not easy to look at.<\/p>\n But, there’s hope. I will let you know, the last minutes of the sunset were beautiful. Not much tops a Seattle sunset with water and the Olympic Mountains in the background.<\/p>\n I have already asked her out again. And she said, “Yes!” The second date will be so much better. Who knows? In a few months we may be snuggled together by the fire, laughing about that first date. Then she’ll tell me how glad she is that she gave me a second chance.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"disaster<\/del>\u00a0insightful first dates.\u00a0Our date was not even close to fun. I had no idea how much I could learn from the seemingly simple act of going out on a date with myself.<\/p>\n\n