Thoughts

Bits & Pieces from My Feeble Brain

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“Free yourself from the burden of feeling the need to hold on to anything. Let go… you are a part of everything.” ~ Steve Maraboli

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I sometimes feel like a chimpanzee in a zoo. While they are safe from the dangers of the world that exist in their natural habitat, I am quite sure they would prefer their home to the confines of their cage. To escape now and then from my cage allows me the freedom to be myself. Even if only for a short time. There lies the difference between the chimpanzee and me. I at least have a choice.

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It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

Marlene Dietrich

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Dream Catch Me

"See you as a mountain, a fountain of God

See you as a descant soul in the setting sun

See you as a sound just as silent as none

I'm yours

There's a place I go when I'm alone

Do anything I want, be anyone I wanna be

But it is us I see and I cannot believe I'm falling

Dream, catch me, yeah

Dream, catch me when I fall

Or else I won't come back at all"

~Newton Faulkner

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Improbable is not necessarily impossible

Something that is improbable is not necessarily impossible.

Keep to your dreams and keep hope alive that one day, they may actually become your reality.

Dreams may come true.

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C

There are few things more frightening than to hear the “C” word. A dear friend & co-worker had to hear this word a week ago and it will now be part of her vocabulary for the rest of her life. They found it by chance they told her. Don’t worry they said, it is in the very early stages. Surgery will be necessary. Life changing surgery. I feel a twinge of guilt for being grateful it is not me. But a deep sadness that one so young, the same age as my youngest brother, faces this challenge. Too many people I know have had to face this. Some are survivors and some were not. All of them brave in the face of the C, facing it head on and battling the monster with every part of their being. My friend’s chances are good at this point. Oncology will be a familiar word for her now.

I now can only hope and pray that all will go well for her.

Life is not always fair.

Damn the C. 

:-(

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Beauty

Why is it so difficult to see in oneself the beauty that others seem to see?

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Ah Spain. Days of relaxation and escape from the everyday same old tedium. Chance to be me. The real me. Life is always good there, with dear friends who treat me as one of their family.