Today’s card is a reminder that sometimes love can be a freak show. And I’m okay with that. Are you? Even though I’m a romance writer (Marilu Mann), I know that not all heroes are buff-bodied, danger-seeking alphas. I know that not all heroines are lithe, leather-clad, pistol-toting hunters.
Often the hero and heroine both belong in some side show. Or so we think. It’s that attitude that can trip us up. We may struggle to tame our inner freak in order to love the wrong freak. Note: I think we are all freaks to someone. And that’s a good thing.
The first person we have to love in our personal freak show is ourselves. We are most likely the freakiest of the bunch to ourselves because know one knows us better than we do.
RIGHT?
So when you are considering love and lovers and partnerships and relationships and worships and any ol’ kind of ship…keep in mind that the captain of your ship is a freak. Love that freak. And, as we say here in Austin, let your freak flag fly!
Lovers, American Obscura Tarot by Misha Huntting, 2011
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My husband and I love that commercial with the monkey who does weird things and says at the end that he is just “letting his freak flag fly”. We say it all the time. I used to worry about it, and then realized some time ago that my freakishness is rather delightful and fun. I’d have it no other way.
I love that, Amy! I’ve seen “freak” flags flying here for real. 🙂 May have to get one to hang on the front door.
When you’re right, you’re right! And I love that sentence, “keep in mind that the captain of your ship is a freak”. So true. It’s weird how we both notice our own freakiness the most, and also feel we’re the only sane person going… 😀
Kerry, that is SO true about the dichotomy of sane to freaky. 😀
“We are most likely the freakiest of the bunch” – ha ha, that is indeed some wise words. Yep we all have our quirky ways and it is good to be reminded of this.
Samantha, we have to be able to face our own freak in the mirror, right? 😀
“let your freak flag fly!” I have NEVER heard that before and I love it! Lmao. Great advice. x
Thanks Donna. It’s a fun saying, isn’t it. 😀
I say “freak out!” Way back when I was a teen we used to dance to a song called “the Freak” (it came back to me as I was reading your post 🙂 , it had its own dance – anyhow, to me life is boring without a some freakiness happening! (And hey I’m from Toronto so we are proud of our freak flags whatever they may be!
I love “Le Freake”! I so remember that song. lol