Ch Ch Changes

I know I have been gone a while. Been busy procrastinating, with some work and school sprinkled in. the reason I am writing know is I saw an old friend today. Got me thinking about the direction my life is going now. This friend of mine was the best friend a person could have. He knew everything about me and I knew everything about him. Unfortunately, our friendship went south just as I was making these big changes in my life. As I was moving forward, he wanted to remain stagnant. So now the question is…am I better off without this person in my life.

 

We always thought we'd look back on our tears and laugh, but we never thought we'd look back on our laughter and cry

Henry David Thoreau

With a little help from my friends

"You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed. You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you'll be best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest." I have been blessed to have learned what I have learned. Sometimes I know more than others do and sometimes I ask for help. I have the intelligence that some would die for and to others I'm as dumb as a brick. What it all comes down to is how will I live this earthly plane? How will I be remembered? The only way I know how to greatly impact this world is to give all the love I am capable of giving and urge my kids to love too. So do something for someone. Call a friend or a family member and tell them you love them. Smile at a stranger and say hello. Hold the door open for someone. I am willing to bet it will make you feel better than it makes them feel. 'Nite Y'all.

 

"Without humility there can be no humanity"

John Buchan quotes

Mi Familia

"You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights! You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights." I feel on top of the world today. Everything just feels right. I was joking with my wife that when I was younger and I told people that one day I was gonna have naked girls all over my house I wasn't expecting them to be Barbies, baby dolls and a four year old. But that is what I have. Another thing I have is a baby boy who just adds to the love I feel in my heart. There are no sights better than that of my family. And I owe it all to the most loving, beautiful, forgiving, wonderful woman in the world. My wife.

 

The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together.

~Erma Bombeck

I set out on a narrow way, many years ago

"Oh! The Places You'll Go!" When I first read this book, I couldn't even begin to imagine the places I would go. Now here I am, a little ragged from wear and tear. Two songs; one by Rascal Flatts called "Bless the Broken Road" and "Unanswered Prayers" by Garth Brooks. Both of these song remind me of the places I've been and how at time I hoped, dreamed and prayed for my life to take a turn for the better or for me to get something I thought I wanted. None of the stuff came to pass so that I could end up where I am now. I can't help but wonder what is next. 'Nite Y'all.

 

"Looking back you realize that a very special person passed briefly through your life- and it was you. It is not too late to find that person again."

Robert Brault

What’s Happening, Now.

"And when things start to happen, don't worry. Don't stew. Just go right along. You'll start happening too." Right now, it is getting hard not to stew in the situations I am having to deal with. My daughter has started acting up a lot since the arrival of the baby. The number of accidents has gone way up. She was having maybe one a month prior to this change in the family dynamic. Today she hit another little girl in the mouth for standing on a scarf. The thing that worries me is that there didn't seem to be an animosity or anger behind it. It seems like the hold attitude behind it is "that's how you are supposed to handle situations." Now I'm worried about where she picked this up. I've been going through my mind trying to figure out if it is something I watch or say… I just don't understand. This whole thing just frustrates me. But I guess I just need to let it go. What can I do about this RIGHT NOW? Tomorrow is another day. 'Nite Y'all.

 

"Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure."

Oprah Winfrey

Life with no Parole

"Out there things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsy as you." Things do happen. Life happens. I guess that is really life's job, though. To happen. There all always so many things going on. School. Work. Kids. Wife……LIFE. Sometimes I feel like it is all too much. I soon realize why I am doing everything I do. It's because I have a life now. People always say stuff like, "A life outside of work" or "I need to get a life." Well you have one. Work is part of your life. You choose the job so make it count.

I know this post was kinda random and I am aware of this. Just putting off writing a paper. Time's Up. Back to my essay life.

 

Life is just a phase you're going through...you'll get over it

Unknown

Give it Up…

"And you may not find any you'll want to go down. In that case, of course, you'll head straight out of town. It's opener there in the wide open air." On my way to class this morning I saw an unopened bag of Oreos on the corner. They were just sitting there. You could tell that they were placed there, that they hadn't fallen out of a car. I started thinking about that bag of cookies and who they were for. In my head I could see a daily routine of a driver who passes, and sometimes stops, at that corner every day and gives change to the nameless guy that holds a card board sign saying, "Please, Help! Thanks" or "Trying to survive." I thought about how upset the Oreo gifter might have been this morning to not see the corner dweller out there. Did the driver think to themselves, "I hope he is okay."? Why was the cardboard sign guy out there in the first place? Was it a bad streak of luck or maybe he was just traveling? Well, I hope he gets his Oreos and I hope we can all give a little of ourselves every now and then. Thank you friendly driver and giver of Oreos.

 

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Kahlil Gibran

Ease on down the road

"You'll look up and down streets. Look'em over with care. About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there." With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down a not-so-good street." I have definitely been down some not so good streets. Latly those streets have been a lot more mental. Ive been hanging out in some dark alley ways in my mind. Negative thoughts just start to drag me down lately. I might just be wearing myself out. Going to school full time (even after dropping a class) and working 30-36 hours in four days is starting to take its toll on me. tonight was just a clusterf@#% of craziness. I think I might need to get a little more brainy and get my shoes full of feet to take me out of those Effed up situations. Well at least I am home now. I am still tired but I am not hungry, lonely or angry so I should be great in the morning. 'Nite Y'all.

 

"A man is what he thinks about all day long."

Ralph Waldo Emerson