Maverick

A big thank you to Kathy @ gospodipomiluj
for helping me to see that expressing myself in a journal is healthy and probably necessary to maintain my sobriety. What I know is I look at life differently since starting to blog. Events throughout the day take on a sort of comic flare. I can laugh at situations and give them a bird's eye view since I look at them with reporter's eyes.

So reporting today's event:

I was called a Maverick. I didn't know whether to feel insulted or flattered. My co-workers think the spelling program I have devised with my partner teacher makes us mavericks. In a Catholic school, this could be a dirty word. However, I think I will take it as a word of encouragement.

mav-e-rick, noun
1. an unorthodox, or independent minded person; a free thinking person. A person who refuses to conform to a particular party or group.

2. an unbranded calf or yearling.

One definition that is not in the dictionary is the term used for mammoth waves occurring in Northern California.

Another definition not listed in the dictionary is a 72 year old Republican presidential candidate.

So imagine the myriad of perceptions that swirled through my mind when I was called a maverick.

Yet let us not forget that Jesus was a maverick. Our Founding Fathers were considered mavericks. So I guess I can choose to accept the term as a complement, rather than an insult. Ah, the fun in looking at life with a bird's eye view. Without the blogging or journaling I don't think I would have come to this realization. Just one more blessing that has come out of my alcoholism.

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