Dr. Cindy Ross: The Wakita Effect - OKIE Magazine
Dr. Cindy Ross: The Wakita Effect - OKIE Magazine
Dr. Cindy Ross: The Wakita Effect - OKIE Magazine
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By Becky Smith Gallops<br />
Sta Writer<br />
If you are o ended by obscenity, you should stop<br />
reading right here because I’m about to say a very dirty<br />
four-letter-word.<br />
LOVE.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re, I said it. You may be<br />
thinking: what is so bad<br />
about that word? On<br />
the surface, nothing.<br />
I love my children,<br />
parents, friends—I<br />
even love my dogs.<br />
What I do not love<br />
is the world we live<br />
in, which tells me<br />
that I can’t be happy<br />
without the love of a<br />
“good man.”<br />
Just turn on<br />
the radio where you<br />
can listen to Bon Jovi<br />
crooning, “What do you<br />
got if you ain’t got love?”<br />
Apparently the answer is nothing.<br />
Thanks Jon.<br />
I think that love might be just the<br />
teensiest little bit overrated. Since time began,<br />
poets have written odes to it and singers have<br />
sung of its glories and heartaches. Women in love want<br />
everyone they know to be in love too, which has resulted<br />
in some of the worst blind dates ever.<br />
Let’s say you happen to make peace with the fact that<br />
you are currently unattached. Don’t worry, that won’t last.<br />
If you don’t already feel bad about being alone, let<br />
the card and candy companies help you out. Valentine’s<br />
Day is upon us and the population will soon be inundated<br />
with reminders to shower their beloved with gifts to mark<br />
Love is a 4-Letter Word<br />
the occasion. That’s great, unless of course you don’t<br />
have a beloved. <strong>The</strong>n you just buy that 10 pound box of<br />
chocolates and eat it alone in front of the DVD player<br />
while watching Love Story<br />
and <strong>The</strong> Way We Were.<br />
If you aren’t sobbing<br />
while watching the<br />
movies, you will be<br />
the next time you<br />
step on the scale.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is<br />
nothing wrong<br />
with being alone.<br />
Some people<br />
prefer it, and some<br />
just do better that<br />
way. Sometimes folks<br />
need a chance to<br />
clear their head, get in<br />
touch with themselves or<br />
just enjoy being one without<br />
being part of a twosome.<br />
You’ve heard Three Dog Night<br />
telling you that “one is the loneliest<br />
number?” <strong>The</strong>y lie.<br />
Going to a restaurant or a movie alone<br />
probably isn’t at the top of anyone’s list of fun<br />
things to do, but that’s what friends are for. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
are there to support you through the rough times and<br />
keep you company when you are lonely…and go to the<br />
movies with you when you are dateless.<br />
At home you can always use your “me time” to re ect<br />
on life and other misadventures, blog, repaint your<br />
bathroom or eat a gallon of ice cream.<br />
Love. Highly overrated. Hard to live without.<br />
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