So last night's dinner party was a success, great food, wonderful company and a very flappable host soon relaxed and began to enjoy her evening. My own triumph was drinking nothing but fruit juice all night, bar the quarter glass of sparkling mulled wine, which I deemed acceptable as it was only 4%ABV. Though the real food for thought came on my journey on my way home, especially as there was talk of incriminating friends through this blog at the party.
On my bus ride home I picked up a lazily discarded copy of London's Evening Standard newspaper, on the cover of which I found a very interesting article about Sally Bercow, the wife of the speaker of the House of Commons. She, like myself, has decided it is time to be frank about her wild child ways of her early 20's and clear the skeletons from her closet. Her decision to do so is to prevent any smear campaigns that may arise when she runs for a seat in the upcoming elections. Whereas mine is for no other reason than to self help by trying to understand my actions and to learn from them. I read the article with keen interest as to why this woman behaved in the way she did. She was very open and I found it fascinating that someone with the possibility of become such a public figure would be so honest. It was refreshing. She spoke of drinking 2 bottles of wine a day and numerous one night stands, requesting the be called 'romantic liaisons', only to correct herself by saying there was very little romance involved. This is something that spoke to me and something I will discuss in my next post.
This morning, I checked out the article again and forwarded it to some friends at work to read to offer them an insight as to why I am creating this blog. Yet I was slightly concerned to read the negative comments below the full article. Why is this woman being chased with torches when all she is trying to achieve is a little honesty about her past that some may deem as seedy if it were leaked during her campaign? Surely I am not that naive in thinking she wanted to inject a little truth and realism into her profile in order to strengthen her mandate as a politician? Honesty or for personal gain, I questioned my reasons for writing this blog. To be quite honest, I can admit that I am doing it for both. Honesty in myself and to be true to the future I want to lead; for personal gain in that it will make me a stronger, healthier person in both body and mind.
Understanding that the politics world is very different from my own, I can still empathise with Sally with her desire to lead an open and honest life. If I lived in her constituency she would get my vote.
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