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...

Because You've Got to Have Friends

I would like to point out that many of you have developed friendships with people over this space aged thingy that they call the Internet.  Great friendships, but private ones for the most part; your friends & family may not be aware of your very good long distance friends.  

In light of one of my very good friends recent experience, having her house blasted nearly apart by a tornado, I felt that I should encourage people to have some sort of emergency notification buddy who would, in the event of the unimaginable, be willing to send a note to your long distance peeps so that they know if something has indeed happened, rather than just an open ended disappearance from online.  No one wants one of their friends to be missing.

My dear Annie showed just why I love her, & I do, for when I called to see how she was, her reply was "well I don't live in the woods anymore".  Her unbelievable sense of humour having close to 100 of her 40 year old trees uprooted lets me know she'll be just fine.  A major remodel to plan, cats & 'coons to keep her busy & smiling & wonderful neighbours chipping in.  Who wouldn't for such a wonderful woman!!  Glad you are safe love!!

How can I not drive down with my guitar for Anniestock now???

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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Happiness Is....

What can I say?  Today I feel HAPPY!!! Most people think happiness is a state of being, that is sustained at all times; it's not.  It's those wonderful moments in your heart & mind when you feel at peace with the life you are living & with the people who are in your life.  It is a collection of moments.

Today the sun is shining, the sky is blue & despite is being super chilly outside the birds are singing.  I swear I heard the cardinal's spring love song in the air two days ago!!  I think he was happy too!  It's amazing if you just keep putting one foot in front of the other how a positive path may unfold under your little toes!  I suppose I could be suffering from a chocolate high from my lovely gift of Valentines Day chocolates!  Yummy!  Thank you. xo

Today my thanks goes out to the universe for putting the right pieces of my life together at the right time.

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Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle & the life of 

the candle will not be shortened.

Happiness never decreases by being shared!!!!

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Surviving the Holidays

Just a quick note on the subject of the holidays.  I'm hearing a lot of "how to survive the holidays" stuff lately.  I find it really sad & unfortunate that "Christmas" has turned into such a beast for so many people.  The overdose of consumerism is choking a lot of people to death.  Society as a whole has put a lot of pressure on the "success" of holidays not only by the financial bottom line but also by the state of relationships in your life.

Every year it seems that people I talk to, & people that I know, are feeling more & more like they would just like the holidays to go by quietly.  Bordering on depression, feeling inadequate that their lives are not picture perfect.  What does it say about the state of a large part of the population that family dinners need to be survived & folks feel that they need to nearly bankrupt themselves in order to buy endless amounts of useless junk for other folks who really could live without it.  It's amazing how disconnected people are becoming in a time where every where you turn there is a way to connect to someone.  It just seems that connecting with the people who are sitting next to you has fallen low on the list of priorities.

We should all make a little more effort to be kinder, more patient, more expressive & understanding to those people who are in our "real" lives.  I'm not a statutory holiday kinda girl, but when those who are close to me feel safe, loved & happy & I can smile knowing that time has been well spent;  that is worth celebrating.  Any day of the year.