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

Friday, May 24, 2024

Summer 2024

 Current songs played on repeat for hours:

"Chemical" Post Malone

"Talk About Love" Kate Hudson

"Fortnight" (feat. Post Malone) Taylor Swift

Current state of home: 

    I will most likely be losing O and V to their own apartment if O changes work locations to be nearer to V's school - It really does make sense for them to live within walking distance and not have to worry about learning to drive and only occasionally having to take the bus vs. relying on it so heavily. 

And I have to let them go. 

And while a part of me will be very happy to have my quiet life back...I'm not sure how I'm going to feel living alone again after living through the experience of becoming family with them. 

I asked Pop for someone to love and he sent me 2, but I didn't ask for my forever someone. 

I just want to have my life partner already. I don't want to go through life alone anymore. 

And now they're probably leaving and life will be changing substantially again. 

I've been working toward acceptance that they weren't planning on staying with me forever for months - ever since it came up with V in a conversation we had. I was very upset at the time but that was related to losing even more important people I love and well, I guess it was a trigger. 

Why doesn't anyone want to be with me forever? Yeah, I'm counting B in that. 

We are in a vicious circle of our own - I don't believe he's really going to keep his promise to marry me but by telling him I don't trust him, it proves that I don't believe him ...or something like that. I'm HAF right now. 

But...I'm so confused. Maybe it won't all matter and I should run away somewhere. I'm behind on my mortgage and unless I can get my shit together I'm going to lose this place so nothing is tying me to Minnesota anymore. Well, Jason but he has his wife and soon-to-be-here step-daughter. He's got his family and religion. 

N has pulled away, just has so much going on in her world. 

I have E but he's focused on finding a relationship of his own

R, K & the boys, have such full lives with school, sports, etc. 

Oh god, I'm feeling so lonely right now and crying. 

I may have Noire but she only loves me because I feed her, scoop her poop and pet her. 

If I let this place go...I better be going somewhere else where I'm not going to be alone. 

Where could I go? Where could I afford to go? Is there even anyone who I could move closer to...Scott and San Diego are not an option. Not yet anyway. 

A & M up in Grande Prairie AB? 

Cousin J (here in MN/she) Cousin J (down in FL/he) 

God, I'm really feeling sorry for myself. 

Not even being grateful for things I do have in my life...the people who do love me ....is working this time. 

Fuck. I'm a fucking mess right now. Bringing myself down - well time to distract!!!!!

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