Tuesday, August 01, 2006

I deserve the happiness I have now

The beginning of the following story is pretty banal. A woman called herself "The Girl" got married years ago, gave birth to a baby boy but then the things were getting worse and worse with her marriage with never-ending fights and depressions. There was no hope in things getting better. Till she met a guy who she believed was her soul-mate. But you know, there is always something that keeps things from being ideal, partly because she had to cheat on her husband (but he apparently had cheated on her), partly because this man was a foreigner. Once she got to the turning point of her life, forced to make her crucial decision – get divorced and move away with her new partner to his country. So, a few weeks ago she packed all her and her son's stuff and flew from USA fo her “promised land”, to UK. She's been describing all the new things she has encountered in her new home in her blog “The Journey of my Heart”. It is really interesting, especially when she compares the differences in lifestyle of Americans and Britons. She seems happy right now even though there are some things from her past she has to cope with. Here is one of the paragraphs of her latest entry that she wrote after having a call with her mother:

My mother said I sound less stressed now. She knows the horror I lived through and I'm glad to leave that all behind. I can say that days go by that I don't think about about the legal case. Some days, it consumes my mind. Karmic beauty is that I know that they are suffering. I know there are big changes coming up for them and I really don't think they have the strength to make it through. What makes me feel good about myself is that I feel sorry for her. She believed his bull shit, just like I did. I'm so glad life has turned around for me. When you spend year after year under that stress, broke and unable to have much fun and just too tired or scared to leave the house, it takes its toll on you. I deserve the happiness I have now.
“My mother said I sound less stressed now.” – Má matka říká, že teď vypadám (nebo zním, když to bylo do telefonu) méně stresovaná.

“She knows the horror I lived through and I'm glad to leave that all behind.” – Ona zná tu hrůzu, kterou jsem prožívala, a jsem ráda, že jsem to všechno nechala za sebou.
horror = hrůza, zděšení, strach, horor, filmový horor, děs

“I can say that days go by that I don't think about the legal case.” – Můžu říct, že dny plynou, že nemyslím na ten právní případ.
(I think when she speaks about some legal case, she means her divorce and all the things linked with it such as who will care of their child, the money issue etc.)

“Some days, it consumes my mind.” – Některé dny mě to stravuje (doslova spotřebovává moji mysl).

“Karmic beauty is that I know that they are suffering.” – Karmická krása je, že vím, že oni trpí.
(It's obvious she hasn't come to terms with her past yet, feeling some need for revenge and being satisfied with their problems.)

“I know there are big changes coming up for them and I really don't think they have the strength to make it through. “ – Vím, že se jim nastávají velké změny a opravdu si nemyslím, že mají sílu jimi projít.

“What makes me feel good about myself is that I feel sorry for her.” – Co mně dělá dobře pokud jde o mě, je to, že s ní soucítím.”
feel sorry for = cítit lítost k, soucítit

“She believed his bull shit, just like I did.” – Ona věří jeho nesmyslům, stejně jako jsem věřila já.
bull shit = nesmysl

“I'm so glad life has turned around for me.” – Jsem tak ráda, že se mi život zlepšil.
turn around = otočit, zlepšit se, obrátit, ovinout

“When you spend year after year under that stress, broke and unable to have much fun and just too tired or scared to leave the house, it takes its toll on you.” – Když trávíte rok za rokem v tomhle stresu, zlomená a neschopná se moc bavit, a prostě příliš unavená nebo bojácná odejít z domu, vyžádá si to od vás svou daň.
toll = daň, poplatek, mýtné, platit (mýtné, poplatek, clo, mostné atd.), vybírat (mýtné), vyzvánět (umíráčkem) počet obětí

“I deserve the happiness I have now.” – Zasloužím si to štěstí, které teď mám.

1 Comments:

Blogger Woman atop her Soapbox said...

I had been divorced for 8 years. I never cheated on anybody. My ex had been remarried for five years but fought me over and over and over in the courts. Just to clarify.

Thanks for writing about me.

~TG

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