A beautiful statement.

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Thinking

Thinking. A good thing right? Usually it is great thing to do. It is how we figure out how things work. It is how we unlocked the secrets of the universe. I have found you can get lost in thought. Thinking always of what you should do, what you have to do and what you want to do. Thinking and thinking and more thinking. Where is the action that brings these thoughts to life? That is where some of us get lost. How do you translate an idea you have thought so long about to an action, then finally, a goal?
Planning. It has to be. I have heard and been told, that if you fail to plan then you plan to fail. Simple enough. And very true. I have become the living embodiment of that statement. At least I am feeling that way as of late. If I think real hard (which may hurt me) true planning in my life hasn't happened since I was young. When I was a younger, I would come up with an idea then do it. No fear. No regrets. Just did it. When I wanted to make something happen, I made it happen. I wanted a job, I got a job. Now as an adult there is so many what if this or what if that. I hate what ifs. They represent fears and doubts. I can't afford those anymore.
I'm getting too old for them.
Well, I 'think' I'll write more on this later. Ponder the above until I am done thinking.....

Summertime

Wikipedia Definition: Summer is the warmest of the four temperate seasons, between spring and autumn. At the summer solstice, the days are longest and the nights are shortest, with day-length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice. The date of the beginning of summer varies according to climate, culture, and tradition, but when it is summer in the southern hemisphere it is winter in the northern hemisphere, and vice versa.
One of my favorite songs is Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. It is the perfect song to cruise around with the windows down, going about your daily business. Today with gas prices the way they are, perhaps we don't cruise for the sake of it, but being outside and having this song playing makes you feel so good. The original music from this hit is  "Summer Madness", a popular hit released by Kool & the Gang in 1974. A great song on it's own. I listen to both.
Today in Wisconsin, it is not feeling like summer is coming soon. Needless to say, these songs warm the mind and body. 
Whatever the weather in your neck of the woods, enjoy it with a smile.

Little things add up. Make them sweet.

Tell them Everyday

Today I got some cards. One is for the person I love. It is important to do something as small as sending a card, a note, a text or an email as often as you can to someone you love. Especially if they are some distance from you. I find that I don't do this enough. At least for me. I think of her often during the day. But I forget that, of course, she would like to know this. So today I sent a card. We talk daily. A card or note of some sort is something that can be held and carried with her. Textile feeling can bring you to the person in a way that just a phone call can't. It is something you held and wrote on. Literally a piece of you is sent along. Science has proven that particles pop in and out of existence and also can be in 2 places at once. I'd like to think that when I send her something, that we are one when she touches it.
What a wonderful word and number One is. Some day I hope that we all can be One with each other.
Tell someone that you love them today. It's good for you and them.

Samoa's, Trefoils and Thin Mints Oh My!

Girl Scout Cookies are here! What a delightful treat we only receive for a dreadfully short time. People wait and plan for these little sugar fixes. Pigtailed confection pushers stand out front of businesses smiling innocently at people walking by. They rarely need to say anything more than Hello and Goodbye.

What other item or idea works so well? The wonderful thing is, no one gets hurt. No one pushes each other to be the first or slaps others away for the last box.

Not that I condone the practice, but drug dealers could take a page from the cookie pushers. No violence, just business. Hello and goodbye. Perhaps a have a nice day thrown in.

I know. Too much right? Cookies = drugs? I was only making a silly metaphor. I only say this as I watch my girl eat Samoa's on Skype. Of course I can't share in the delight as she viciously puts them into the camera lens. They are her favorites and who can blame her. Chocolate, caramel and coconut mixed so devilishly well.

My only wish is that I could be there to share in the sugar high. Support your local sugar push...I mean Girl Scout. Buy a fix...a box.

Loneliness

Tonight, Saturday night, I was asked to visit friends. I had promised the week before that I would spend some time with them at a local bar because the wife was DJ ing there. These are people Ive known for a very long time. People I love but have not spent a lot of time with in the past few years. I was reluctant to go only because I don't have the money to spend on a night out on the town.

It was nice to see them and others I had not seen in some time. And at first I was having a fairly nice time.

There was something bugging me. I knew what it was but I tried my best to try and enjoy my present company. After some time though, I could no longer ignore that gnawing feeling. I was lonely.

I missed the person I most longed to be with. But I couldn't. She is 890 miles away. There was nothing more important to me than the thought of being with her. What could I do? I left earlier than some expected me to. I no longer wanted to be there without her.

I miss her as much as she misses me, but it is has to be much harder on her. I have people around me. People that care about me even if they don't know what is going on in my life. I have a large extended family. I have a son who I support and of course myself to take care of. She has friends who care deeply for her and a family member that loves her very much even if they are unable to see her as much as I see my family. At the end of the day though, I still have my son to worry about and she has only me to lean on. 890 miles away. How unfair this must seem to her. She has been so patient and supportive with me. Why have I let it get like this?

You are probably thinking, what are you whining about?! You have people around you and someone to take care of. That is true. But what I most want in the world is to start my life with the woman I love and know so well. I have never been as close to someone as I am to her. I get lost some times on this path but my goal is always the same.

Get to her man!

Why can't it happen overnight? It seems to happen that way with others. I'd like to think 'good things happen to those who wait', but we have been at this for some time. I miss her every day. It is becoming heartbreaking  the longer we are apart. I want to give in and run to her, but there is more than just her and I to think of for me. It is such quandary for me at times.

I am reminded suddenly of a line in the movie, When Harry met Sally. ...when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

This is what I want. I want it now. I am done waiting for it. I am done with things standing in the way of it. Today starts now.