They told me I should get out more,
see new people.
I’d never meet anyone
sitting in the house.
So I thought
I’d try it—
but I’ll go alone.
In case I hate it,
I can just go home.
I bought a ticket
to a Beethoven concert.
The music was beautiful
and I realized I had to quit smoking,
not for health reasons.
Standing alone at intermission
having a cigarette
is terrifying.
So I just went home.
Signed up for a class in tarot.
Each student at the table
had a crystal (don’t touch it!)
as big as a fist.
The instructor had three.
Before I found a crystal
that spoke to me,
I just went home.
There was the Over-Forty Singles Club.
An elderly man asked me to dance,
which surprised me.
I saw him come in.
He could hardly walk.
He was concealing an erection
that would have shamed a twenty-year-old.
I just went home.
I went to a town board meeting.
There was a motion on the floor
to buy the police department a coffeepot.
After it was seconded and passed,
they argued for an hour.
Before I bought the cops a pot,
I just went home.
At the Consciousness Raising Center,
a good place to meet interesting people,
I was assigned to a group
to explore protections from spirit entity invaders.
I didn’t know they were out,
and before one of them invaded me,
I just went home.
Visited a widows support group.
They cried a lot.
The lecture for the evening was on how to write a check,
and the mystery of the bank statement.
Before I started to feel too superior,
I just went home.
At the Council on Foreign Relations,
a fat banker from Citicorp
mesmerized the audience with information
on the Chinese exchange rate.
Before I announced it had been in all the papers,
I just went home.
I have not found my niche yet.
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Twitter: MichelleVan
March 9, 2011 at 12:10 pm
You’ve certainly found you niche now Corrine.
it reminds me of years ago when I was looking for a church and went to many churches by myself. I wasn’t ready for hugging strangers yet, so the churches seemed either overly friendly too soon, or too standoffish, never found the right mix of welcoming without invading.
Twitter: miraclady
March 9, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Dear Michelle -
I should have included your experience. I also looked for churches.and hated when complete strangers wanted to hug me.
It seemed overly friendly much too fast.
BTW Every one of these things I mentioned, I actually did!
Still looking for the perfect niche.
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March 9, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Like Michelle said – You CERTAINLY found your niche and not only have you found it but you SHINE with and through it!!!
Thank you for your TRUTH…
In gratitude my friend,
Nancy
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Twitter: miraclady
March 9, 2011 at 12:43 pm
Thanks, Nancy – my BFF
As I said above to Michelle – every one of these experiences really happened.
Can’t say I didn’t try.
Twitter: MichelleVan
March 9, 2011 at 1:06 pm
Corrine, I think you HAVE found your niche.. Don’t you love blogging? of course doesn’t mean you can’t go on and have a thousand other experiences and niches!
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I can totally empathize with your piece. But it’s worse – I end up wanting to verbally attack these people. They are all perfectly nice in their own way but…
Well, I guess then I go home too.
There is probably a reason why I didn’t join them before. I had a life!
I’ve just joined a group taking ambles in the countryside – an hour or two once a week. I get some exercise and could just amble off on my own if the mood took me. It seems OK but it has only been twice so time will tell.
There is something in me that is resistant to being in a group.
I have been twice to an art group too but I don’t think I can go any more. It’s too emotionally draining and I don’t really like watercolors, which seems to be the preferred medium. Yes, I realize, ‘emotionally draining’ and ‘watercolors’ aren’t two phrases you normally find linked. Hard to explain that one. And it costs a fortune too. How is it the the local DIY store can do 10 liters of acrylic emulsion for £7.99, but one tiny tube of Burnt Umber sets me rummaging in my wallet to see if there is enough left for eggs and milk on the way home?
Twitter: miraclady
March 10, 2011 at 10:23 am
Dear Chris -
I have to admit I am not too interested in groups either.
A failing of mine, not them.
I get too impatient with long meetings where it takes so long to get anything accomplished.
Like discussing a new coffee pot for the cops when it has already been voted on and passed.
Never been to a Quaker church. Although I have known some people who do. They are nice, quiet people.
Sounds like art is not your strong suit.
You are a writer, remember?
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I loved it …….You’ve certainly found you niche Corrine……..keep it up…………
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Remind me to check my spelling before posting. I think I must have been going with the flow.
People say you have found your niche. How does that feel? Can one have more than one niche; a choice of niches? Perhaps a portfolio of nichettes. I don’t think you are one to be easily niched.
Twitter: miraclady
March 10, 2011 at 2:58 pm
I corrected spelling errors.
Only a couple.
That’s what friends do. See if I caught them.
Twitter: TPattersonBand
March 14, 2011 at 3:05 pm
Thanks for a great, beautiful piece about your experience.
You have simple post about your experiences here. I assure you that this is just great. After all you have done you have just went home and I do think that you can do more in your home.
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