Let me start this post with a disclaimer: I don't like this prompt.
There are several reasons for my reaction to that word -- I wrote a post a long time ago about numbers. I'm worn out with our society's obsession with weight and wealth. (More numbers). I was married to an actuary.
But I'm a rule follower, so I will soldier on.
We are a society identified by numbers. Identifying numbers instead of names. Rankings. Weight. Salary. Savings. Home costs. Retirement. The Electoral College. The National Debt. Elections. Votes.
NUMBERS!
I am SO much more than the number used to identify or define me. Maybe I'm just frustrated by numbers because I am not an analytical person. I am a strongly emotional person and numbers have no part in emotions. And I was married to an actuary.
But. But, there are good numbers in my life. I have 2 children. I have been alive for 57 years. I have 1 part-time job that I love. I have had the same 4 dear friends that have stood with me for 40+ years.
Perhaps there's more to a number than I realized.
I'm married to a math major who wanted to be an actuary. Sometimes we clash because of his analytical mind with my emotional mind, too.
ReplyDeleteI dislike numbers too and struggled with the prompt myself . I skipped it and did one I missed. Whoops! Great post!
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