asleepylioness:Lady, Vin-tage (adjective) of, relating to, or denoting wine of high quality. For m
asleepylioness: Lady, Vin-tage (adjective) of, relating to, or denoting wine of high quality. For myself, this week’s assignment initially stumped me. What could I contribute that could reflect this word? It is commonly used to denote some sort classy antique, the impression of a by-gone, or more romantic era. What ended up sticking wasn’t an object at all, but rather a phrase. “Comparison is the thief of joy.” My grandmother was by no means the first person to say this but it stayed with me, through adolescence, into adulthood; a silent mantra relayed in my mind. Her comfortable, smoke stained voice, reminding me that I am not everyone else. Reminding me as a selfish, ungrateful child to stop comparing my belongings to what the neighbor’s children had. Reminding me as an adult to stop comparing myself and my experiences to others. To compare my life to anything, even my own past experiences takes away from the current one. Making it less meaningful and less satisfying. Stop comparing yourself to everyone else, or even to your past self. You are what you are and it is enough. She couldn’t have given me anything of better quality to carry with me. A vintage message that I treasure beyond what I am capable of expressing. -Flushed In many ways i feel like we are of the same vine - of the same ‘vintage’ perhaps. I can’t even begin to caption this better than you already have. Your grandmother was a wise woman, and you are wiser for having listened. You look divine in this photo. I want to touch you and play with your hair and share stories. I want to trade clothes and talk about boys. But mostly, i feel like we should start a mission to share with others how freeing those words really are. Go read her last paragraph. It’s worth reading again. -- source link