Question of the day....

If we knew how things were going to turn out, would we go through them? Would we cut corners, not exert ourselves, take the easy way out? Would we cease to pay attention to the little niceties that make a life special if we knew that they had no impact at all? It seems that part of our human existence is based on the fact that we don’t know what will happen to us and the world around us. If we did, would we be tempted to only spend time and effort on things that would endure and ignore the rest?

(as you can see, the fact that it has rained for over a week is depressing us.....)

A Pebble in a Pond...

Most of us at one time or another will have something happen to us that causes us to ask "why me?" As a cancer patient, I remember the first (and certainly not the only!) time I pondered why I had "drawn the short straw" in life. Today I shared these thoughts with an old friend over lunch, and that topic came up. The only way I can get my mind around it is to believe that it's not about me. Perhaps the lesson to be learned (and I have to believe that there IS a lesson!)will center around someone else's reaction TO me. Maybe I'm just a ripple effect? It was refreshing to share that concept and have someone else be in agreement. Maybe I'm NOT so crazy after all!

I have to say that the test of a friend is when you haven't seen each other in years, yet pick up the conversation as if you've been in constant contact. It makes me smile....

Out of this World 4th

What better way to spend July 4th than watching the shuttle launch in Florida! I went home (to the Cape Canaveral area) for the week to spend time with my family, and as a bonus was able to experience another successful launch. No matter if you support the space program or not, didn’t you feel incredibly patriotic as you heard the words “”and we have lift off.....” and watched the shuttle head into the clouds? Traveling on the 4th of July was incredibly stressful, with all the added security that we have in place now. Do you remember when taking a trip by plane meant just waltzing into the terminal and onto the airplane, with no checking of anything? How our world has changed! Anyway, Happy 4th of July and God Bless the USA!