Public Performer’s Family Contract
My beautiful wife, Christa, read this to me the other day. I thought it was fascinating.
Public Performer’s Family Contract (or “how wives and children see the husband that never has enough time for them”)
We understand that your public performance is more important than anyone else, or anything else in this family. We understand that you will be preoccupied with giving yourself to public performance. We understand that you need to hear our support, but not about our struggles. We understand that you cannot be there for us. We understand that we are essentially on our own. We understand that we are expected to totally deny all of our personal needs.
It’s far out, but this is the affect we can have on our families if we’re not careful. Are you a Public Performer?
Oh, and by the way, no wives were neglected in the making of this post ;)
(Paraphrased from Hurt People Hurt People by Sandra D. Wilson.)
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