So if you were to ask the following:
To my husband: if I light a candle every single day? ABSOLUTELY YES I HAVE A (borderline) ISSUE.
To my Clients: Does Mary Catherine use every chance to use an anecdote or metaphor at minimum twice per session? ABSOLUTELY YES SHE HAS A (borderline) ISSUE.
Well, today my friends, I'm going to share with you a personal anecdote about candles!
I was getting ready to hop in the shower and while I was diffusing oils in the living room (yes, I do both), I decided I wanted to light one of my favorite "MAN-dles" in our bedroom. (I like "manly"/"earthy" scents), I realized I couldn't find our long lighter and the candle is on it's last leg....
I search frantically for our emergency portable lighter and after much hunting, I find it.
I think AH-HAH! So I take my little baby hand and shove it down to wick and while it lights, even my abnormally-small-hands-for-a-grown-woman blocks the oxygen flow into the candle and it keeps going out when I remove my hand.
SHEESH.
I attempt this 3 or 4 times before I can start to feel my (already on edge/exhausted) self start to feel frustrated and I immediately think "this is AWESOME! (re: sarcasm) It's been a FULL day, a rough week, a trying month (I know, already?!), and for all of us I can safely say it's been a sucky year so far AND ALL I WANT IS THIS CANDLE TO LIGHT!" (as my dog cries for no reason as the background music).
So I stop. I KNOW I CAN DO THIS. I just have to get the timing perfect. I have the right tools (baby hands and fire).
So at this point I'm mad. But the good mad. The mad that I'm not going to shower until this gets resolved.
And guess what? Two attempts later...it lit and stayed lit.
And now, as I sit here writing this to you my friends, it is filling me not just with a comforting sense but a reminder that sometimes we just need to a)pause b)breathe c)access our tools d) set clear expectations/reasonable ones e) keep trying.
So that's it. What's your candle?
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