Daily Mood Quote - October 6, 2011

 

Daily Mood Quotes

Day 156 – October 6, 2011

“The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.”

~Don Williams, Jr.

What a week of twists and turns. I got to say this, what a weird week this has been. There was a death in my family. My mother-in-law passed away, sad, but there are good memories of her and lessons that will carry forward. Steve Jobs passed away, a man who once said, “I want to put a ding in the universe.” He did. President Obama went on television to inform the American People that congress isn't working with him (no big surprise) again. Finally, a doctor is on trial for what happened to Michael Jackson. What an interesting week so far!!!

I am not a reporter or even a journalist, but I do listen and I do say what's on my mind, and this week has a lot to offer. One thing I have found that is constant is "the unexpected." As soon as you think, things have settled down and you can proceed forward, the apple cart looses a wheel and heads off in another direction. That's the nature of life and death. Change happens and usually at the least convenient time. Seems that the universe really doesn’t “get” convenient, it just keeps rolling along, changing and proceeding forward. It never asks if it's okay or if we want it, changes are going to happen. There is a song by Anna Nalick called Breathe that goes “And life's like an hourglass glued to the table, no on can find the rewind button now.....” And so it is; what's done is done and things past, will forever be past. The good and the not-so-good we have done are gone along with the past, even if we live with the echos and shadows of those things. These are choices we make, what to hold onto and what to let go of. The key is to embrace the good's watershed and learn from the not-so-good, then let it drift away on the stream of time.

In the movie A River Runs Through It, with Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt and Craig Sheffer, Older Norman (narrated by Robert Redford) said, “ My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him, all good things - trout as well as eternal salvation - came by grace; and grace comes by art; and art does not come easy.”

Thank you to my mother-in-law for raising such an extraordinary man, who I call my husband and my best friend. Thank you to Mr. Steve Jobs for showing us the things we can achieve, if we dream and don't quit. I wish someone could teach congress what they can achieve; if they would just start to “change” some very foolish ideological entrenchments and bad behaviors. It (change) is going to happen anyway; why not start to walk that road forward together, instead of trying to run the other party off the road, or heading in reverse? Let's face it, that way isn't working and is making a “two-car pile up” out of our political system. We all should consider what Abraham Lincoln said, “And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.” Live on, positively.

How will you positively live on today?

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