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, May 1, 2023

O and V

You know, the day I found out Pop was gone, I had a conversation with him in my room and part of the conversation was me asking him to bring me someone to love. 

Well, he brought me 2 someone's. 

O just came home from taking the bus back and forth to the grocery store and brought home so many bags full of good stuff. I remember those days of taking groceries on the bus and I hated it. I don't believe she doesn't mind, but I don't her to want to have to keep working so hard and doing things like that. 

But since she feels so strongly about it, I said how about you take care of the food/feeding of all of us and asked her to feed me like she feeds V...lots of fruits and vegetables and the same portion sizes. I'm not even the slightest bit scared or nervous about giving this over to her ...my food and eating. In all fairness, I told her then that I will take care of all of the other household things. Cleaning and supplies, including toilet paper :D 

So I'm realizing that not only do I have V to love but also mom, O. I love them both so much and it's not even been a week. 

O works so hard and I want to do everything I can to take some stuff off of her plate. I want to see her relaxed and knowing she's doing an excellent job of doing everything she needs to do to take care of them. And she's not alone anymore. 

V is going to be starting school on Wednesday and I'm going to do homework when he does. That will be good for us both. 

There have been no downsides to this arrangement so far. Sure the space isn't the biggest but our schedules vary enough that everyone has time and space to themselves. 

I feel like the luckiest woman in the world right now...or

Thank you Pop. 

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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