What's It All About?


"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates

While you’re here, in this time and in this space, you are beautiful and you are perfect.

You are right where you need to be to get to where you want to go, so start asking yourself where you want to go.

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase." MLK

Monday, October 8, 2012

Filler, nostalgia and babbling.

Tonight, Monday night. Long day.

Letting the colder weather get to me.  Not feeling motivated to be going, going, going.

Thinking too much about things…e.g. men from my past. Thinking it might be an interesting series of posts…to talk about some of the men I’ve known and my relationships with them. Most of my significant adult relationships have been with men…? (Lemme think about this for a minute….)
BV, EB, SC, JC, B, RD...

(Women: uh, nope can’t think of any on the same level as the men…the women are from childhood, adolescence and young adulthood….hmmm, that’s interesting in itself isn’t it? DDC, JS(JA)…)

Anyway, the reason I was just thinking about this especially now is because BV, my first, had a birthday this past weekend. And since I moved into my apartment, I’ve been only listening to my ipod and without the car, no radio…and it’s been mostly on “shuffle” …no playlist, just shuffle. 

Listening to an ipod that has over 5,000 songs on it. Songs I’ve collected that were from or remind me of certain times of life (and songs I like/love of course too) and there are lots of songs …
from the BV years. 

Sinead O’Connor, the B-52’s, Cocteau Twins and Voice of the Beehive. Oh and the Sugarcubes.
And I’m thinking about SC, who I am hopefully going to be visiting this weekend.  

And RD, who just got married a little over a week ago. 

And now though I’m wondering if I really should write about the relationship/friendship. Is it enough that I just acknowledge that there have been several significant relationships with men in my past? 

Maybe I should think about lessons learned in those relationships to help me navigate the new …friendship I’m developing with SD. I’m having a hard time relaxing and letting things just unfold as they will. 

And how do you just be yourself and yet not be????
Fuck.

I am probably just outright thinking too much.

(Really, you think?)

Noire

Noire
She'll be 2 years in 2 months! Time flies!

Things I'm grateful for everyday....

- My family
- My friends, old and new.
- A roof over my head.
- My computer & internet access
- Being employed (even if I don't always like things about my job)
- The public library and the joy of borrowing books with/on/for my Kindle
- That I can walk on two legs, use 2 arms/hands, have ten fingers/toes, can see and hear, etc. (uh, no offense to anyone who is physically challenged)
- Other people's creativity and efforts
- The love of a good man (he IS good)

Current Favorite Quotes

“Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lao Tzu
"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." ~ Joseph Campbell
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~ Charles Dickens
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Castañeda
"..there’s something lovely about knowing that when it’s right, you really know it’s right because you’ve already been through all the wrong." ~ Sade
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
"
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain

(This bit not so much as a quote but somethings I wrote down that I want to keep and this looks like a good place to do it)

7-25-07

1. Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
2. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
3. Leap and the net will appear.

Facts of Life (per Sonya Friedman)

  • 1. No one can bring your life to you
  • 2. No matter what you do, someone important isn't going to like it
  • 3. Though painful, rejection won't kill you - it may even lead to growth
  • 4. Every choice means giving up something different
  • 5. Some people aren't capable of giving you what you're trying to get from them
  • 6. The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others
  • 7. There are no quick fixes that can permanently change your life
  • 8. Life is on a rheostat, not an on/off switch
  • 9. Some problems cannot be solved - but you can make peace with them