So i looked at a blog i wrote once on a time about our expiration dates and why i hope mine isn't for a while. The reasons were these:
1. It's life. Who doesn't love it with all its ups and downs. It's like a fun lil' roller coaster. The ups are a relief and the downs are just thrilling!
2. Got talent? So much God-given potential. Why waste yours when you can change the world!?
3. All you need is Love! It feels SO good! Friends, family, pets - what have you, they love you!! They may not LIKE you but that's a different story...
4. For the Beauty of the Earth. I love flowers, sun, canyons, mountains, rolling hills, wind, water, trees and green and all the earth has to give.
5. Color my world! Color is just too beautiful and fun, really. There's a rumor that everyone in heaven wears white. They say that a lot up there is white. Ew. I'm not ready for white.
Ah, how we so easily forget!
And as tears surround my every move, burdens are made heavy, and as the sun goes down earlier and earlier, we forget the smiles that follow, the relief of a lighter weight, and the beauty of the night-time sky.
He said:
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it. (J.M. Barrie)
I hope to keep tabs on my diary. I think i'd like it to stay true to what i maybe intended it to be before i came here. I'm sure what i wanted was not despondency and/or miscellaneous distress.
Not to say that we should never feel these emotions - acknowledge them, yes, but dwell in them, noooooo thank you!
All is well that ends well? No.
All is well that is.
For, i am not young enough to know everything.
I've gotten so frustrated sometimes when I realize how different my this-is-who-I-want-to-be state is from my this-is-who-I-actually-am state. My frustration is a little ironic, though, since without that discrepancy there would be no goal-setting. Also, without frustration there would be no elation, just as without sorrow there could be no happiness. Unfortunately too many people remember the sorrow half.
ReplyDeletep.s. Concerning my last blog entry, I don't think you've ever done it. Maybe that's one of the many reasons I like being around you so much! :)
p.p.s. I also think Jocelyn is the Bee's Knees. We watched The Office and chatted while it was taking forever to load. She's great!