There are fifty days till spring, give or take. right now I am happy every time the sun shines. How sad, i've had enough winter already. Finding it too cold to walk outdoors unless it is a necessity. How sad again? Forget about the cost of heating oil, I am considering a second job just for that. Where are my gardening catalogs? Seeing primroses and spring floweres forced into bloom in the Acme yesterday was uplifting. The flower show cannot be far off now.....can't wait, it's a burst of spring in the cold of a neverending winter season. I need winter to be over.....asap.
How do you ward off the ills of winter? Going to sunny florida seems out of the equation this year. Any suggestions?
I just visited the DMB site and they are promoting Willi Nelsosn's cover of "gravedigger." Check out clicks1.musictoday.com or DMB web site if you want tsee his version done in black and white. Very interesting since I've never been a fan of WN before.......humm. See what you think?
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Sunday, January 13, 2008
You only have two feet.
While many of us are trying to carry out our newly made resolutions in this new year amidst ever rising challenges. I am going to make only one resolution and that is to do the best I can with what I have and be grateful.
Trying harder just seems to add to stress and there comes a point where enough is enough!
How much stuff do we need to collect? Is there a prize for collecting more stuff.
How big does our home have to be? Remember George Carlin said, we buy bigger homes to store more stuff.
How many shoes do I really need? My dad would laugh as he used to say "you only have two feet." How many books line my shelves that I have not read? CD's that I no longer listen to?
Are we going without any of our basic needs to servive? Food, clothing and shelter?
OK, so a few bills linger from the holidays, and basic services such as oil heat, electric and city sewage cost twice what it did a few years ago. I won't be going to the movies this week and there will be no new clothes this winter, boo hoo. We are blessed with many good things in our lives and that is something to be thankful for; such as: friends, family, and stablity that we are there for one another. Many places in the world cannot say that. Many are suffering from fires, floods, natural and unnatural disasters.
I ask myself what can I do to contribute to a better environment? to become a better friend and a more authentic person?
Seems that making resolutions are harder to avoid that we think, but as long as you enjoy and be grateful that might be the most important way to be happy. What if any changes are you planning for 2008? I am focusing on just having a happy year.
Trying harder just seems to add to stress and there comes a point where enough is enough!
How much stuff do we need to collect? Is there a prize for collecting more stuff.
How big does our home have to be? Remember George Carlin said, we buy bigger homes to store more stuff.
How many shoes do I really need? My dad would laugh as he used to say "you only have two feet." How many books line my shelves that I have not read? CD's that I no longer listen to?
Are we going without any of our basic needs to servive? Food, clothing and shelter?
OK, so a few bills linger from the holidays, and basic services such as oil heat, electric and city sewage cost twice what it did a few years ago. I won't be going to the movies this week and there will be no new clothes this winter, boo hoo. We are blessed with many good things in our lives and that is something to be thankful for; such as: friends, family, and stablity that we are there for one another. Many places in the world cannot say that. Many are suffering from fires, floods, natural and unnatural disasters.
I ask myself what can I do to contribute to a better environment? to become a better friend and a more authentic person?
Seems that making resolutions are harder to avoid that we think, but as long as you enjoy and be grateful that might be the most important way to be happy. What if any changes are you planning for 2008? I am focusing on just having a happy year.
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