The road before isn’t always the easiest road, the bend and tribulations are what make the trip worth while. When we begin the journey, we are one person, and when we arrive at our destination, we become someone completely different.
This is a road I avoided for a long time; it is Airport Road in Mendenhall Mississippi. I am not going to say the reasons I have avoided it, but it took me four years to traverse its beautiful stretches. I made the trip finally, and learned a few things about myself that I had been avoiding, and found what I was looking for.
I don’t pretend to know why things happen… I don’t know why things turn out the way they do. That is not for me to even worry about, or waste time even entertaining the idea.
I like to pretend that I do understand the way the world works, or even that I know what happened that night. Why I acted the way I did, and I wonder what your thoughts were… what went through your mind… Did you think of me? Was that why you were there? If I had done anything differently…. Would you still be here?
Many things happened in 2010 that surprised me, I never thought it was possible. I have had many trials and tribulations that I encountered this year, I don’t really know how to classify this year. I do know that no matter what happened to me, I realize that I have an amazing life. This is why my song for 2010 is “Good Life” by One Republic. It really exemplifies what I feel, and how 2010 affected me.
Here is to continuing the good life into 2011!
“Hopelessly
I feel like there might be something that I'll miss.
Hopelessly,
I feel like the window closes oh so quick.
Hopelessly,
I'm taking a mental picture of you now,
'Cause hopelessly,
The hope is we have so much to feel good about.
Oh, this has gotta be the good life,
This has gotta be the good life,
This could really be a good life, good life.”
Yes, these are my feet… tucked away in my DC’s surrounded by the leaves that have fallen from the trees.Simplicity is the way to go on occasion, forget the over details that can sometimes take control, and leave us with less than we began with.Simplicity, sometimes can be what we need, just enough… more than most…
Another Christmas season has come and gone, and we are on the cusp of yet another new year. A whole new beginning, something that we get everyday but on a grander scale every year and decade, it is up to us individually what we make of these constant new starts. Every day across the planet there are people that are held back for various reasons: economic, health, war. Then there are people that forget, we forget that there are still in need, people all over the world… and even in our own cities. Although Christmas is over, we still can not allow ourselves to become complacent. Please still consider giving to charities of your choice, throughout the year. Christmas may come once a year, but people don’t stop needing after Christmas ends.
Our lives go through many changes, sometimes suddenly, and we are caught unexpectedly in the cold.When we are caught in the sudden winter, we think that the sun will never again warm our faces and we forget that the cycle will continue and things will soon begin anew.
The weather in Mississippi is very unpredictable, one day it can be 80˚F (26˚C) and the next it can snow.This has happened more often in recent years, you can call it global warming or climate change… it can be natural or man influenced, but it is obvious that something is happening. Just a few days ago we were wearing shorts and sweating, and this morning our world was covered in ice and it was a nice 28˚F (-2˚C).While this leads to a beautiful frosty world, it does wreak havoc on our bodies, as well as confusion over our wardrobe.
Here we are on the cusp of yet another holiday season, and I can't help but think that we forget at times what the holidays are really about. Well after much meditation and soul searching, the answer came to me.. Community. That is truly what it is about, we may not realize it, but if we sit and think.. even for a second, we will realize how very lucky to have such a wonderful network of people.
Sometimes when I feel the loneliest, I think of the people that I can count on, and these are the people that I hope can count on me. These people range from my family, to my friends, and the people somehow manage to bend the family/friend barrier. But I am also lucky to count each and everyone of you in my extended community. So no matter what holiday's you celebrate, be it Yule, Christmas, Hanukkah, or even the upcoming Thanksgiving. I hope that each and every one of your lives are filled with love, and prosperity, and I offer a small blessing to each of you, including the people that have come into our lives, and may have stepped out.
"To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; To put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; To put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; We must first set our hearts right."
~Confucius
