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

Saturday, June 7, 2025

And Just Like That

OK, well all that intense thinking I did about B the other day resulted in him, texting me but with a text that didn’t make any sense. I won’t get into all of the details, but suffice it to say that he wasn’t answering my questions and he thought I was ghosting him. Guess he’s not reading the blog anymore.

I had told him repeatedly in text that I was just giving him space to figure out what he wanted. 

As nervous as I was, I decided to just rip off the Band-Aid and I asked him straight out if he’s gonna get divorced, he said NO and that means that the end for us. He doesn’t get to still have me in his life. He doesn’t get to have his cake and eat it too. 

I asked him when he changed his mind and he said within the six months to the last year. WTF? At first I wanted to take it personally, but then I realized it’s all on him. He is the coward or maybe that’s too harsh. He just couldn’t bring himself to tear apart his family in order to give us a chance. 

I’ve got so many thoughts, feelings and emotions swirling around in my head. I’m in shock right now well maybe not shock because I guess I always knew this was coming and I guess I’m just not surprised. If we really were gonna be together, we might’ve made it happen a lot sooner. And of course, there’s anger, I’m really pissed because I chose to wait for someone all of these years and now he decides that he’s not gonna honor his promise….I’ve spent the last 20+ years of my life waiting on this man and it was all for nothing? Yeah, there’s a million lessons I’ve learned about this, from this, but damn him.

And of course there’s heartbreak. I love this man. I loved this man, but it’s just not meant to be and I was at least thankfully already thinking of just letting him go. 

I am sure I’ll have more to say at another time, but for now this is where things are at.

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