you know a dream is like a river, ever changing as it flows
a dreamer is just a vessel that follows where it goes
trying to learn from your past, not knowing what's in store
forever engaged in battle, struggling to stay close to the shore
too often i've moved aside and let the moment slip away
theres always time tomorrow is what i'd always say
however , tomorrow never seems to come my way
for every sunrise i greet has already become today
so today i'll sail my vessel til the river runs dry
like a bird upon the wind , the water is my sky
i'll not complete my journey if i don't at least try
so i'll keep sailing on til the river runs dry
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
HOME
out into the world with head held high
content,successful,proud and strong
but now into shadows and gone is the light
questioning the heavens as to where it went wrong
wanting to know where the sun hides for so long
the innocent child wondrously charming amazingly bright
flocks of angels surround as she sings her sweet song
out of the darkness now flooded with light
exhausted soul,body paralyzed unable unwilling to fight
back and forth and round and round for an eternity too long
little wingbuds appear am i an angel yet..can i join their flight
you 've always been an angel ...welcome home where you belong
content,successful,proud and strong
but now into shadows and gone is the light
questioning the heavens as to where it went wrong
wanting to know where the sun hides for so long
the innocent child wondrously charming amazingly bright
flocks of angels surround as she sings her sweet song
out of the darkness now flooded with light
exhausted soul,body paralyzed unable unwilling to fight
back and forth and round and round for an eternity too long
little wingbuds appear am i an angel yet..can i join their flight
you 've always been an angel ...welcome home where you belong
Saturday, January 19, 2008
CUPID'S Dear John Letter Generator @ chickenhead.com
CUPID'S Dear John Letter Generator @ chickenhead.com,
I'm finding it hard to find the time at this hectic point in my life to write something that means something to you , but is entertaining for all. I promise as soon as I get organized , I will be more disciplined and devoted to you and this blog . I'm still not even sure what shape it will take....perhaps , if I am lucky (and a wee bit successful) It will be somewhat of a shapeshifter - constantly twisting, turning, evolving _ generally keeping us on our toes!
That being said...I've decided a feature I will also try to keep fresh is introducing unique little bits I find scattered about such as the link above. If you're not already planning a break-up, once you've seen what this FUN widget can do, you just might change your mind!
PS Think about all the fun you will have making up
I'm finding it hard to find the time at this hectic point in my life to write something that means something to you , but is entertaining for all. I promise as soon as I get organized , I will be more disciplined and devoted to you and this blog . I'm still not even sure what shape it will take....perhaps , if I am lucky (and a wee bit successful) It will be somewhat of a shapeshifter - constantly twisting, turning, evolving _ generally keeping us on our toes!
That being said...I've decided a feature I will also try to keep fresh is introducing unique little bits I find scattered about such as the link above. If you're not already planning a break-up, once you've seen what this FUN widget can do, you just might change your mind!
PS Think about all the fun you will have making up
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
If You Walked a Kilometre in My Shoes
I really hate the stupid cliches that were told to us by our folks, and now we seem to be passing on to our children. You know ......"the Canadian Legacy". Hah! " I just WISH you had to walk a mile in MY shoes!"
Sound like someone you know?
Every time I heard that (and it was quite often, I assure you) I just wanted to scream " If I had to walk anywhere in your shoes, it would be a " K-I-L-O-M-E-T-R-E "! We follow the British Metric system for measuring, and I'm pretty sure they taught it in the schools even way back then!"
You know......back when you had to walk 5 KILOMETRES through raging blizzards - in May - in
British Columbia; and that was just to reach the barn to milk the cows , to get some food to keep the little ones from falling victim to the plague or scurvy, Heaven Forbid!
All of it is ridiculous of course: the only thing it could possibly accomplish , is that now we'd have TWO miserable fools with sore, stinky, sweaty feet!
Sound like someone you know?
Every time I heard that (and it was quite often, I assure you) I just wanted to scream " If I had to walk anywhere in your shoes, it would be a " K-I-L-O-M-E-T-R-E "! We follow the British Metric system for measuring, and I'm pretty sure they taught it in the schools even way back then!"
You know......back when you had to walk 5 KILOMETRES through raging blizzards - in May - in
British Columbia; and that was just to reach the barn to milk the cows , to get some food to keep the little ones from falling victim to the plague or scurvy, Heaven Forbid!
All of it is ridiculous of course: the only thing it could possibly accomplish , is that now we'd have TWO miserable fools with sore, stinky, sweaty feet!
Sunday, January 13, 2008
DAILY WIT
Please excuse my excuse,but it's the only excuse I've got!
Necessity wasn't the Mother of invention; Laziness was
I'm not a pessimist; If i expect the worst, things can only turn out better than I planned
Necessity wasn't the Mother of invention; Laziness was
I'm not a pessimist; If i expect the worst, things can only turn out better than I planned
Friday, January 11, 2008
What Is A Friend
Does such a thing even exist in today's society? I' m seriously beginning to have my doubts.
I was raised with the belief that if you treated others with kindness and compassion, honesty and respect,genuine concern for their well- being then that is how others would treat you. I'm sad to say that I just don't believe that this is true today. I'm even more saddened to confess that it probably never was!
It seems as though there is always a price to pay for the "friendship" that we all appear to offer. Is there such a thing as "unconditional love". Even parents put conditions on their children today; using emotional blackmail or threatening to kick them out ,cut them out of the will, what-have-you if they don't conform to what is expected of them! I'm lucky in that respect, my mother loves me even though I disappointed her in a big way! But there are still "conditions" to her love and acceptance . These are not of her choosing and I know she is riddled with guilt and shame when she feels forced to impose the "rules" on me. But given her situation....she doesn't really have any choice..... I understand this. But I cannot sit by while somebody ,anybody, bullies or controls another human being, regardless of the consequences! And so , because of this I stay away, which is wrong but the alternative is worse.
My mother should be either canonized as a Saint or taken to some secret lab for observation.
She is about the only person I know who refuses to believe that there are some people who are just not deserving of her being. She doesn't stick her head in the sand , and she's not the Queen of denial....Quite the opposite: she is fully aware of the evil-doings but chooses to love the evil-doer anyways. I used to be like this-I got it from my momma!- but I have been tarnished to the point that I am alwys looking for the ulterior motive . I wish that I didn't feel this way. I long to be Pollyana once again but I have seen too much selfishness and manipulation for this to ever be possible!
It only enrages me now when I witness the atrocities that people inflict upon each other under the guise of "friendship"; ultimatums , rejecting, bad-mouthing, meddling... all out of concern of course! Tough love, reality check, scared straight! These are convenient excuses to manipulate a loved one into doing what "you" think is right for them! But it seems there is always something to be gained by the concerned party.
Not to be disrespectful, but I'm sure there were days when even Mother Teresa just did not feel like getting out of bed; days when maybe she didn't like the person she felt compelled to help. perhaps more than once she did her good deeds out of obligation while resenting the fact that she was missing the "Movie of the week" that she had planned to watch until some bum couldn't wait another couple of hours before crying out for attention. She was human after all.... who was there for her? Why did she do it then... maybe thats what made her happy, maybe she was somewhat of a Martyr, perhaps she was paying her penance for what she considered an unatoneable sin? It's a given that we will never know WHY but it is also a given that she got SOMETHING out of it.
So I ask the question ."Is there any such thing as a truly selfless act?" I personally don't believe so.............But if there was ever a person who was capable of performing one , it would be my Mother.
My one true "friend"
And I love her , unconditionally
As long as she listens to me and takes my expert advice! ;-)
I was raised with the belief that if you treated others with kindness and compassion, honesty and respect,genuine concern for their well- being then that is how others would treat you. I'm sad to say that I just don't believe that this is true today. I'm even more saddened to confess that it probably never was!
It seems as though there is always a price to pay for the "friendship" that we all appear to offer. Is there such a thing as "unconditional love". Even parents put conditions on their children today; using emotional blackmail or threatening to kick them out ,cut them out of the will, what-have-you if they don't conform to what is expected of them! I'm lucky in that respect, my mother loves me even though I disappointed her in a big way! But there are still "conditions" to her love and acceptance . These are not of her choosing and I know she is riddled with guilt and shame when she feels forced to impose the "rules" on me. But given her situation....she doesn't really have any choice..... I understand this. But I cannot sit by while somebody ,anybody, bullies or controls another human being, regardless of the consequences! And so , because of this I stay away, which is wrong but the alternative is worse.
My mother should be either canonized as a Saint or taken to some secret lab for observation.
She is about the only person I know who refuses to believe that there are some people who are just not deserving of her being. She doesn't stick her head in the sand , and she's not the Queen of denial....Quite the opposite: she is fully aware of the evil-doings but chooses to love the evil-doer anyways. I used to be like this-I got it from my momma!- but I have been tarnished to the point that I am alwys looking for the ulterior motive . I wish that I didn't feel this way. I long to be Pollyana once again but I have seen too much selfishness and manipulation for this to ever be possible!
It only enrages me now when I witness the atrocities that people inflict upon each other under the guise of "friendship"; ultimatums , rejecting, bad-mouthing, meddling... all out of concern of course! Tough love, reality check, scared straight! These are convenient excuses to manipulate a loved one into doing what "you" think is right for them! But it seems there is always something to be gained by the concerned party.
Not to be disrespectful, but I'm sure there were days when even Mother Teresa just did not feel like getting out of bed; days when maybe she didn't like the person she felt compelled to help. perhaps more than once she did her good deeds out of obligation while resenting the fact that she was missing the "Movie of the week" that she had planned to watch until some bum couldn't wait another couple of hours before crying out for attention. She was human after all.... who was there for her? Why did she do it then... maybe thats what made her happy, maybe she was somewhat of a Martyr, perhaps she was paying her penance for what she considered an unatoneable sin? It's a given that we will never know WHY but it is also a given that she got SOMETHING out of it.
So I ask the question ."Is there any such thing as a truly selfless act?" I personally don't believe so.............But if there was ever a person who was capable of performing one , it would be my Mother.
My one true "friend"
And I love her , unconditionally
As long as she listens to me and takes my expert advice! ;-)
Thursday, January 10, 2008
The Blog that Time Forgot
It's funny how you can completely forget about things that seemed so important at the time! Take my blog for example........
I'm fairly new to this phenomenom called the "internet". It started with my first e-mail account that a friend in another city opened for me so that we could communicate more often without the expense of long-distance (That and the fact that I move around..ALOT). I blame it all on G-mail and Facebook! With G-mails intuitive advertising, I was soon getting hundreds of emails everyday. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Google was sending me things unsolicited. It's just that I have an analytic personality , so when I started noticing that the related links in my mailbox had to do with the mail I was receiving , I turned slightly paranoid! Did I say "SLIGHTLY". I soon decided that someone was monitoring my computer and were intent on driving me crazy. I clicked on every link there was, searching for "clues" as to the identity of this maniacal cyber stalker I was now positive existed! It took me to a few interesting places like Classmates.com and Facebook. For this the whole experience was worth it as I have reconnected with old friends (Classmates) and made way too many new ones (Facebook)
It has gotten to the point that I pretty much need a secretary to handle my accounts! Meanwhile back at the blog.........
I had become so involved with my new "friends" and Facebook, that I completely forgot about this blog thingy that I had started to let my "stalker" know that I was onto him. Now I have re-discovered my blog(and the forgotten password) and realize that there is no cyber stalker watching my every virtual move, I think I'm going to try to visit it every now and again. I still believe it can accomplish something important - just not in the insidious way that I had originally intended. I hereby vow to try to use cyber-space (via my blog) for the good of all mankind.
I'm fairly new to this phenomenom called the "internet". It started with my first e-mail account that a friend in another city opened for me so that we could communicate more often without the expense of long-distance (That and the fact that I move around..ALOT). I blame it all on G-mail and Facebook! With G-mails intuitive advertising, I was soon getting hundreds of emails everyday. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Google was sending me things unsolicited. It's just that I have an analytic personality , so when I started noticing that the related links in my mailbox had to do with the mail I was receiving , I turned slightly paranoid! Did I say "SLIGHTLY". I soon decided that someone was monitoring my computer and were intent on driving me crazy. I clicked on every link there was, searching for "clues" as to the identity of this maniacal cyber stalker I was now positive existed! It took me to a few interesting places like Classmates.com and Facebook. For this the whole experience was worth it as I have reconnected with old friends (Classmates) and made way too many new ones (Facebook)
It has gotten to the point that I pretty much need a secretary to handle my accounts! Meanwhile back at the blog.........
I had become so involved with my new "friends" and Facebook, that I completely forgot about this blog thingy that I had started to let my "stalker" know that I was onto him. Now I have re-discovered my blog(and the forgotten password) and realize that there is no cyber stalker watching my every virtual move, I think I'm going to try to visit it every now and again. I still believe it can accomplish something important - just not in the insidious way that I had originally intended. I hereby vow to try to use cyber-space (via my blog) for the good of all mankind.
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