Typical of Sundays. All week we focus on important nonsense, things we must do to better ourselves and the world, and then the weekend comes, we forget it all, but around Sunday evening, you open up the browser with all those to-do tabs, and you roll your eyes in disgust at how much effort you put into enslaving endeavors for such small returns.
I sometimes tell myself that Sunday is the Sabbath, and that it should be kept holy as a day of rest, which is true. Sometimes Wednesday is a day of rest too. But if anything, it is just a day best kept that one does not use too much force.
And the same goes for love?
READ ALL ABOUT IT, LOVE ADVICE FROM LONESOME MAN:
First off, I’m not lonesome, unless you consider a wolf or the Lone Ranger as “lonesome.” I prefer terms like non-conformist, badass, and mythical.
There is a Feist song, Hiding Out in the Open, that says “Love is not a thing you try to do, it wants to be the thing compelling you. ” I think that Love (life) does take effort…just not on Sundays, in my opinion.
But Mr. Love? Isn’t that selfish?
I’m glad you asked young lady, you see, men can do no wrong and their emotions are never subject to human flaws. But it is selfish to lie to yourself. Don’t do things just because you’re supposed to. Do things because you genuinely want to. And don’t pretend to be interested in someone/thing if you aren’t.
It’s just not part of who I am right now to invest my time in things/people that don’t compel me more than cleaning my apartment, unless it’s 9-to-5, Monday through Friday, and pays.
Real love looks different than what most people expect of others. I have to trust my intuition first. Yes, before the cute barista. Does that mean I am incapable of love or a bad person?
It just means that I am alone. And I am tired of pretending that I don’t prefer it…to almost any everyone. I haven’t “given up,” I’m just not trying to do what everyone pretends to love.
I’M ALONE AND I’M HAPPY (no you’re not)
Yeah, but I’m happier than if I were pretending to be happy with someone. Enjoy your date!
Ben Bonkoske 