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16 years ago
tick, tock now goes the clock, I sit here and watch it pass. reflecting on how the world has turned and how events have transpired, I can safely say the following.
though the chronophage has supped upon the ripe fruits of the old year, devouring the old and depositing the seed of the new year into firtile ground, I am torn with mixed thaughts. on the one hand, I look back at my life and realize I have really shitty occasions that crop up all too frequently in my life. family pisses me off and friends just make me want to throw up my hands into the air and scream "WHISKY TANGO FOXTROT!!!!" to the four winds due to their abstract ways. then there are the life changeing things that happen during our time on this mudball that are traumatic enough to shake us to our very core. this makes us think that life has it out for us. maybe it does... maybe it doesn't. even I, with all my crazy amounts of idiot savant common sense moments and my wealth of knowledge don't know the answer to that one.
then on the other hand, I realize that it is these hardships and experiances that shape us. in these turbulous times that happen in our lives, I realize that they are meant to test our metal, our inner strength. those harsh lessons forge us into the people we are to become, for better or worse. they batter, beat us, slam us around, all of them being learning experiances for us to benifit from. it's from these experiances that I remember the times of joy and laughter in the past that I have shared with people close to me. People who would stand with me and help me in my times of need. people who would support me through thick and thin as I would for them.
in any case, weither it just is my mind rambleing on about things or some meaningful statement made out of loyalty and compassion, I again state, these are my mixed thaughts about the past year. as for resolutions for the new year, it just makes me wonder even further.
on the one hand, I could make some crazy ass list about things I want to do but will never get around to doing. on the other, I could shoot low and make exceedingly easy goals for myself to accomplish. truthfully, I just don't have the energy to do either of those. what I will exert energy on though, is stating the following things that we all need to do for the new year to be better for us all.
1: learn to relax and reflect on things. the past is inportant. it teaches you about things that might be blatently obvious that you miss out on. kick back with your favorite drink every once in a while. put your feet up. take about twenty to fourty five minutes to collect your thaughts and enjoy life. you'll be thankful you did.
2: realize the inportance to the people who are close to you. weither it's your grandparents that raised you, the mother who birthed you or the father who provided for you, everyone in your life is inportant in one form or another. realize what they have done for you and what you have done for them. take time out to thank them and tell them how inportant they are in your life via word or through actions and deeds.
3: respect the bounties of nature and the life that it supplies to us. all too often we neglect the fact that animals aren't just mindless beasts. we forget the fact that plants and trees are living things as well, and that they provide life and nourishment for our bodies. now adays we don't even take the time to be thankful for the food we eat or the cloths we wear- be they made out of cotton, wool or hide. we all need to remember that from fang and claw came tooth and nail, and that in some way we all are part of nature.
and finally, one last little note for us all too do.
4: be excellent to one another. this one is pretty self explanitory. if you don't know what I'm talking about, watch Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures.
in any case, now I go to be with family... surrogate, biological or otherwise. hopefully, I can learn from them and put their lessons to good use. only time will tell though for this new year.
tick, tock. tick, tock.
though the chronophage has supped upon the ripe fruits of the old year, devouring the old and depositing the seed of the new year into firtile ground, I am torn with mixed thaughts. on the one hand, I look back at my life and realize I have really shitty occasions that crop up all too frequently in my life. family pisses me off and friends just make me want to throw up my hands into the air and scream "WHISKY TANGO FOXTROT!!!!" to the four winds due to their abstract ways. then there are the life changeing things that happen during our time on this mudball that are traumatic enough to shake us to our very core. this makes us think that life has it out for us. maybe it does... maybe it doesn't. even I, with all my crazy amounts of idiot savant common sense moments and my wealth of knowledge don't know the answer to that one.
then on the other hand, I realize that it is these hardships and experiances that shape us. in these turbulous times that happen in our lives, I realize that they are meant to test our metal, our inner strength. those harsh lessons forge us into the people we are to become, for better or worse. they batter, beat us, slam us around, all of them being learning experiances for us to benifit from. it's from these experiances that I remember the times of joy and laughter in the past that I have shared with people close to me. People who would stand with me and help me in my times of need. people who would support me through thick and thin as I would for them.
in any case, weither it just is my mind rambleing on about things or some meaningful statement made out of loyalty and compassion, I again state, these are my mixed thaughts about the past year. as for resolutions for the new year, it just makes me wonder even further.
on the one hand, I could make some crazy ass list about things I want to do but will never get around to doing. on the other, I could shoot low and make exceedingly easy goals for myself to accomplish. truthfully, I just don't have the energy to do either of those. what I will exert energy on though, is stating the following things that we all need to do for the new year to be better for us all.
1: learn to relax and reflect on things. the past is inportant. it teaches you about things that might be blatently obvious that you miss out on. kick back with your favorite drink every once in a while. put your feet up. take about twenty to fourty five minutes to collect your thaughts and enjoy life. you'll be thankful you did.
2: realize the inportance to the people who are close to you. weither it's your grandparents that raised you, the mother who birthed you or the father who provided for you, everyone in your life is inportant in one form or another. realize what they have done for you and what you have done for them. take time out to thank them and tell them how inportant they are in your life via word or through actions and deeds.
3: respect the bounties of nature and the life that it supplies to us. all too often we neglect the fact that animals aren't just mindless beasts. we forget the fact that plants and trees are living things as well, and that they provide life and nourishment for our bodies. now adays we don't even take the time to be thankful for the food we eat or the cloths we wear- be they made out of cotton, wool or hide. we all need to remember that from fang and claw came tooth and nail, and that in some way we all are part of nature.
and finally, one last little note for us all too do.
4: be excellent to one another. this one is pretty self explanitory. if you don't know what I'm talking about, watch Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures.
in any case, now I go to be with family... surrogate, biological or otherwise. hopefully, I can learn from them and put their lessons to good use. only time will tell though for this new year.
tick, tock. tick, tock.
