Still Here

I was not meant to be a blogger! I have my hands full keeping up with FB, Twitter, and a MySpace blog I don't even remember the password for. It's not that I don't occasionally have a though worth jotting down, it's that I never remember to do it.

I'm not one for spilling my guts and baring my soul with people I know very well, much less writing it down for just anyone to see! There is a lady I have on twitter that posts everything that crosses her mind. I'm about to the point of unfollowing her because she loads my page up with mostly nonsense..lol. I'm not a phone person either. Unless it's someone I know showing up on my caller ID, I rarely answer the phone. That's fine except that I rarely get around to checking voice mail. Do you think it's possible that I am anti-social?

Dropping By

I thought I'd drop by this blog and review a bit. Wow!! It's been nearly 2 years since I posted anything here. Where does time go?? So very much to catch up on. I'll have to make a concentrated effort to work on this blog.

This morning I was on my way home from the pharmacy and stewing about the cost of all the meds I take. I was already feeling blue because our little kitten died after only being alive 24 hours or so. I love animals and hate losing one for any reason. I've been wanting a black and white kitten and when this kitten was born she was perfect. I'd already named her Patches. Her mother, Tipsy, is very young at 10 months old and I imagine the kitten may have been a bit premature and just didn't have the strength to survive. Maybe another time we'll be more fortunate.
What really brightened my day and made me smile was passing a little family walking down the sidewalk with their fishing poles. A dad, a little girl of about 4 and a little boy who may have been 2. I thought, these are the times that children cherish. They may not realize it now, but they are so very fortunate to have a Dad who will share experiences with them. So. whoever you are, thanks for unlifting my spirits. I'm thinking I may have to take my camera down to the city pier and see if they're having any luck.

Another Milestone for Phillip

Phillip started crawling yesterday! It's so much fun to watch life unfolding in a little one. Now his mommy will have to really watch him to keep dangerous things out of his way. I'm so thankful for my grandsons.

My Smile for Today

When Emily found 3 year-old Mason playing with the knobs on the radio in the backyard, she asked him what he was doing.
"Looking for some rock and roll. I want to boogie!"

Turn Toward Peace
Peace is not a circumstance. Peace is a feeling, a powerful, wonderful and desirable feeling.
Peace does not depend on any particular set of conditions. It can be any place, at any time.
Remember how peace feels. And by so remembering, you make yourself available to peace.
Peace is what remains when you've surrendered your ego and your fears. Peace is always there, patiently waiting for you to turn your awareness toward it.
The same part of you that longs for peace is the part of you that experiences peace. It is not complicated and is as close as your next thought.
Think lovingly of how peace feels to you. And truly be at peace.

Ralph Marston

courtesy of my friend, BJ Evans

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let not this blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams; it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.

Strive to be happy.

-- Max Ehrmann, 1927