The mighty and their insecurities

Some of you will meet a person in your life with such potential that you envy them for what they possess. Something in between tangible and intangible. Almost there, but not yet done. I had a friend who was one of the more memorable people in my life. She was outgoing, creative and had a great sense of style. She was also an all-around good drinking partner. The woman could down alcohol in quantities I couldn’t match. Even now I don’t think I could match her. She was at the time a stay-at-home mother who out of sheer boredom started a home business doing interior design specifically for kid’s bedrooms. She handled this business with such acumen that I was in awe of her fearless leap into a business that she had little experience. Of course, she’d work in a corporate environment years before, so it might not have been completely over her head. Putting that aside, she kicked ass in this business. She had a clients and most of her new clients were by word of mouth. Her work was that good. I know. I saw her son’s room. It was very well done. She’d done it just as a showroom for potential clients.Now, here’s the one aspect of her that puzzled me the most. She was always looking for approval. Approval of her attractiveness. Approval of her taste. The list was long. I never really understood why? From my point of view, she was, in all the things I counted as valuable, a great person.