The topic for Pondering with a Purpose this week at Brenda's Hop is Independent
My first thought is of the Independents in our federal government who have a lot of power as neither of the main parties obtained the numbers to form government and secret deals were done by the Labour party to secure the votes of the Independents and thus govenment.
And do I think of myself as an independent person? Yes, but I am wise enough to know when to draw on my husband for assistance, a good example today. I collected my bicycle wheel from the repair shop, and when I returned to the car, Barry noticed immediately that the quick release lever was missing. As I don't know much about it, I took him along when I went back to the shop. First of all they said it wasn't on the wheel when we took it in, and I would not have known, but Barry was able to convince them it was, and we left with one, even though it may not have been our original.
Looking back over the years, I am happy with my level of independence, travelling to UK and Europe on my own, working in the city, even doing long boat deliveries, the most memorable from Yeppoon QLD down coast of NSW, across Bass Strait to St Helens in Tasmania, in a 10 meter crab boat, that one just with the master mariner.
Another source of independence is of course money, and in early years decisions were made for me, but since about 1980 anyway I have not had to ask for money and whilst we share the bills and large items are discussed, we have always kept our money separate, and each make up our own minds on our expenditure.
Love and Blessings.
9 comments:
I like your take on independance as well. My mother has always had a "mad" money fund. She says she will use it when she gets mad.
There are times in my life when I surprised myself at the independence I had shown, especially since I have matured...This is a good thing!!! Have a wonderful day! Cathy
Traveling on your own definitely makes an independent person.
Money often is such a source of trouble. When I was married, I had to ask to buy shoes for the kids. That is not right. I always worked, but had no control over my money. Now, I enjoy being able to make monetary decisions. I especially enjoy this independence.
Jan it is so nice of you to join in on the Pondering with a Purpose hop.
I love that you included the Independent party from your government... and I think that Wayne at Touristic said it best when he said he was interdependent... sounds like that is how you are with Barry.
Thanks for pondering with me!
I also thought of money as a source of independence. It just gives us so much freedom to not rely on the government or anybody else for those temporal needs. Happy to be following you!
I never thought of it, but I do depend on my husband for mechanical things that I am clueless about. The traveling sounds like it would have been fun.
Jan....Janice here I had to change my blog so I am here now please come over :)
Loved your post happy day :)
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Travelling on one's own is quite tough. A nice story all around.
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