"All my life I've been good but now, I'm thinking what the hell. All I want is to mess around and I don't really care about, if you love me, if you hate me ...."
So Avril Lavigne's new song is becoming a mantra for me now. I know I'm not in her target demographic, but in this season of life the opening lines of the chorus are really resonating with me. Why? Well at 46, after many years of living to please other people, I'm finally, truly beginning to recognize that that's not working for me. Let's see what happens.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
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