People Are People

Wow...nearly 3 months without a rant! Hee Hee.  It's not that I haven't had many things come & go in my life but it is my wish to try & let more things go for the betterment of my health, state of mind & my soul.

Besides, who can you really change except yourself?  Have you ever tried to give really great advice to someone close to you that if they followed it could escape endless hours of frustration, tears & even regret? Nope, you just can't help anyone else live their lives.  And rather than constantly feeling like smashing your poor tired brain against something very hard, you must take the time that you have on the planet & well, live the hell out of it.  It's yours.  It belongs to you.  You are in charge of it.  It is your right & sometimes duty, to make changes to keep moving forward & bringing joy & happiness into your life & to try & live the best life you can.  The stuff is just stuff & stuff is worth nothing.  There will always be some bullshit to deal with; how you deal with it will determine your enjoyment of life.

Here is what I know.  Just keep breathing. In. Out. Repeat.

If you aren't happy, then make yourself happy.  No one can help you live YOUR life.  It is a unique thing unto oneself & if you can manage to not let the influence of others who bring to your doorstep, drama, pain, insanity, frustration, aggravation & plain old crap find it's way onto your path, then good for you.  I'm not saying don't help your friends or family...I'm just saying, you are important in this world.  Help yourself keep connecting happy moments & well, be happy. Life is really 'effing short!

Just saying...

All the leaves have gone...

Apparently I have had nothing to rant about since the spring!  LOL That must be a good sign.

Of course I have plenty to say about plenty but I've been in the mood to keep a lot to myself that wouldn't bring a smile to others folks' faces.

It's such a natural desire to run around & tell as many who will listen about the things that have ruffled your feathers or just made you outright insane because the issue/person/thing is so far away from how you view it should be.  Life is kinda funny that way.

We would all like things to go as we want them to go, people to behave how we would like them to, & of course to be able to eat/drink every single thing you want without worrying about the size of your bum!!

This is life.  Unexpected.  Unscripted. Unbelievably fortunate to be living one.

To those who are gone....you are missed daily.

Always On My Mind...

The removal of someone from your life is really very extraordinary.  They were there, & now they are gone.  You have no choice but to accept it & move on with your own life.  Even more bizarre is that one day, I will be the missing person in the lives of those who know & care about me.  

Sure, it's the natural order in the world.  Birth, life, death.  It's the attachment that you are never truly prepared for; or better yet, the detachment.  A lifetime of memories can be created in a very short time.  It furthers my reasoning that you should really use your time wisely in life with the people that you care about.  One day they may be gone.  I'm not talking about people that come & go, living their lives somewhere that you are not, but when your person ceases to exist on the planet.  It's really very odd.  Natural, but odd.

♥PGW♥

To my lost ones, you are missed & always in my heart.

No Time Left To Lose ♫

Ok, so yesterday our very own nuclear power plant had an "issue" where a pump seal "failed".  The result, 73,000 litres of demineralized water pumped into our lovely Lake Ontario.  Watching the news this evening, the poor bastard that was put up as a spokesman for the Pickering Power Plant stated that this is nothing really new, but they have not been forced to report it as news.  Since the words "Nuclear Meltdown" is melting down nearly everyone's brain at this point, attention is intently focused on those nuclear power plants that are here in Ontario.

OPG Statement

Not to be out-shined by a mere nuclear scare, we were presented with the news that we had indeed experienced an earthquake earlier today with the epicentre in Ontario & felt in areas of Quebec as well. Odd as it seems, I have felt 2 earthquakes here in Ontario in the last 10 years, one last summer, the other several years ago.  The latter significant enough for me to see my office walls moving & make me nauseas. Very surreal but nothing more than a breeze compared to the severity of others in the world.  I have so much respect for all of you who have lived, & are living through, such a frightening display of the this planets' rage.  I do not like feeling frightened; & I am.

Worldwide Earthquake Activity

Lots of fluffy emails come & go saying "live every day like it is your last" & "dance like no one is watching"...I usually delete them to be honest, but the bottom line, amidst the end of days predictions, be them from persons who are religious, scientific minds, cosmic theorists, odd shaped potato chips, whatever your regular source of information is...if you have people you love, love them, if you have people you miss, talk to them, if there are things you want to do or say in your life.... do them.  Waiting to tell someone how you feel about them is just, well, dumb.

I'm not sure if I am CNN shocked or what is happening, but I do know that I appreciate each day that I get to wake up & talk to the people I care about & know that they care about & love me.  It is a really great feeling that should not have to be provoked by fear but the fact that my perspective has forever changed is a quiet blessing.

Peace, Man

Don't forget to take the time & get yourself a huge glass of green beer!  You deserve it.

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Happy Holidays

Hmmm.  Happy Holidays.  This is something I tend to write, or speak, rather than Merry Christmas.  I was at the bookstore last night & overheard a girl tell her friend "it offends me when people say Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas".  Offends?  Really?  Wow.  I'd imagine there is a whole list of other things that offends this person in life.

I think that if anyone takes the time to acknowledge that there is a holiday approaching, or that you are in the midst of, & they include you in their good wishes, you should just say thank you and appreciate that there are people still in the world who would stop & offer a stranger a kind word.

Perhaps the words Merry Christmas hold a bad memory for a person, or they are not celebrating Jesus' birthday, or maybe the holidays might truly suck for a person but they are bringing up all that they can muster to not appear that this may be the hardest week in their year.  No one knows what any other person is truly dealing with.  One of the most impressive, & deceiving, things that us human beings wear is a smile.  It is truly one of the most concealing things that we own.

My point is, just give people a break.  Life is short, & there are enough people that will be rude to you or ignore you. Cherish the moments when a stranger takes the time to treat you like a human being despite their own feelings or situation.

And then try to do the same for someone else.