“Should is a futile word. It’s about what didn’t happen. It belongs in a parallel universe. It belongs in another dimension of space.”
~ Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
By NIKI TURNER
Years ago a friend admonished me during one of my self-deprecating diatribes about how I was failing to be “enough” at my assigned roles and tasks.
“Don’t should on yourself,” she said, with a gentle firmness.
I blinked. “What?”
“Stop ‘should-ing’ on…