I had a dream that I was talking to a woman who was very pregnant. She was leaning on an old Oldsmobile in a parking lot. She wore a simple dress in the most amazing shade of vibrant blue. I have no idea what our conversation was about but as we talked she switched back and forth from her blue dress to being not pregnant and wearing a long pure white sweater that seemed to shine with white light.
Even in my sleep my subconscious apparently switches back and forth in worry from pregnancy to not.
Concern number 2: I go back to work. I go back and lose my time with the girls and they get older and I miss things llike my morning cuddles, and I get stressed and short on patience and temper with them because it gets used up at work. I don't want to go back and I don't want to lose cuddling. I don't want them to get older yet, And I don't want to give the kids at work more of me than I give my kids at home.
Concern 3: In response to concern 2, I always put my whole self into work because "that which is not worth doing well, is not worth doing at all." So how do I strike a balance for my pride to have a job well done with enough energy and patience left over for home?
Concern 5: with all the new pressure on teaching, and even before it... What if I'm not really effective at all in what I do? How will I know (will I ever know) if I really am any good?
Concern 4: I worry over worrying. I worry over everything. I obsess over it. Then it effects the rest of me, of life. I lay in bed at night and doze but my mind is racing with concern. Even in sleep I dream in technicolor about all my fears in images that swirl and dance across my mind like movies. Gabbie was right, I never rest. Even my dreams worry over things. How do I let them go?
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