You’ll decide for yourself what the best of summer is. For me, it’s freedom. Summer is an excuse to ditch the clothes, the formality, and the schedule.
What do you want to be free of in your life? Your relationship?
Maybe the kids keep a lid on your sexuality, maybe HIS routine curbs your creativity, or maybe finances have reined in your generosity. Don’t let anything confine you. Freedom is essential to your joy; because it’s essential to being you!
I won’t tell you to throw the kids out, but change your perception of them–and give them an accurate picture of fun, loving, free you. You don’t have to disregard his routine, but neither do you have to make it yours. If you lose yourself, you’ll both be bored with you. And money has always been relative. When you are grateful for what you have, it becomes enough to share. You don’t need enough to impress people, or feed your ego, or conform.
You don’t have to join a health club to be fit or go to the doctor to be healthy. You don’t have to show up in a new car or even own a car to keep up with anybody else.… More