Thursday, June 24, 2004

The Essential Ingredient to Life..to Do or Not to Do!

The Sign is up. I cried for a bit, then drank some wine. It always helps. Our move to Mexico is seeming more and more real as the process continues. Our house will be sold, belongings packed away and all our lively possessions will be stored in cardboard boxes waiting for us to claim them again. I cried all night. The G7 (my besties) knew their mission the following day would be to come over and cheer me up. So, that's what they did. We ordered Chinese, sat on my deck and talked about life. After they left, I lay in bed thinking about the philosophical conversation we had. I got a little too deep...I sometimes do that. BUT - at the same time.....jumping around with our bare boobs was getting even deeper as far as I was concerned. This morning, I turned on my computer at work, and much to my surprise, got another message from this supposed company called Trivita - is it really a company? Or is it some miraculous indication from God sending me messages from a far away place?! The note read: "Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for." My heart started to beat faster and faster and faster as I read the message. I thought "That's true, thanks 'God' for letting me know!" Now the problem lies in the hands of ME! In my next venture to the foreign land, I will definitely have 2 of the 3 ingredients to the recipe above - but lacking in one. One MAIN ONE!! Something to Love - I have plenty, Vince, my family, friends and dogs. Something to hope for - coming back home, a good life, starting a family etc... But what about the key ingredient? SOMETHING TO DO? Does this mean without 'SOMETHING TO DO' I will be missing the main grand essential to happiness in my life? Is waking up, cleaning, swimming, tanning, reading, grocery shopping, possibly teaching, CONSIDERED 'Something to do'? Are those DO-things?!? After much deliberation I have come to the conclusion that perhaps it is a sign! THE sign I have been looking for all along. I NEED to 'do' something to ensure my life is full of happiness...and to do so, I need to figure out which direction 'the sign' is pointing!!!

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