Sometimes I sit and think and other times I think and sit...
No truer words ever.. I think alot.. therein lies the problem. I THINK about everything.. I think about the animals lying dead on the road and the excruciating death they experienced, I think about.. oh, who the hell am I kidding? No one wants to know what I think about, so I will shutey....
My daughter was married this weekend. The week of the wedding was almost comical if not for being wroth with messy scenarios and drama from relatives and friends. There was a root canal and abscess on my end.. a railing of cries of woe as some of my family (guess who) could not drive the two hours to see their niece married... REALLY???? They expected me to get them there and, at first blush I was going to rent a van until my daughter called needing me to bring things that I could not possibly fit in a van loaded with 7 people. Oh, woe is me, they have financial, emotional, physical problems with driving that distance... REALLY???
Abbey needed some work.. I still did not have my hair cut or colored.. for shame... as my mom told me of a book that exists that lists all the things that are and are not politically and socially acceptable at each and every state and stage of life and what things are expected of you.. REALLY????
My dad came down with a kidney infection 2 days before the wedding.. and was bleeding internally.. he is still suffering with it.. and needless to say, my mom could not ever think of attending a wedding without "her husband" because .. once again, that damn book on page 73, paragraph 11, line 4 states.. "under no circumstance is a wife able to attend a wedding without her spouse.. whether or not they get along well...." REALLY????
My gentleman friend, who was coming in from AC to accompany me to the wedding missed his connecting bus and I had to drive 1-1/2 hours the night before the wedding to pick him up and then make another detour to get his luggage from the bus carrier.. REALLY????
My daughter's photographer (who is actually a photo major in the college she works at) became deathly ill the day before the wedding and cancelled and since she is not a professional there would be no photographer there.. REALLY???? Actually that was a simple solution.. so many of my daughter's family is anal retentive in photo taking.. only clear solution...
It rained up until 1/2 hour before the event.. we managed to get all dried off and wiped clean and dry before the wedding and tossed down some shavings on the ground so that they could ride in on their John Deere tractors to the song .. "Big Green Tractor"... lucky my daughter can roll with the punches.. and not really love the drama that the other relatives seem to wallow in...
And therein ties the following::
The nest of young eagles hung on every word as the Master Eagle described his exploits. This was an important day for the eaglets. They were preparing for their first solo flight from the nest. (very much like marriage) It was the confidence builder many of them needed to fulfill their destiny.
"How far can I travel?" asked one of the eaglets.
"How far can you see?" responded the Master Eagle.
"How high can I fly?" quizzed the young eaglet.
"How far can you stretch your wings?" asked the old eagle.
"How long can I fly?" the eaglet persisted.
"How far is the horizon?" the mentor rebounded.
"How much should I dream?" asked the eaglet.
"How much can you dream?" smiled the older, wiser eagle.
"How much can I achieve?" the young eagle continued.
"How much can you believe?" the old eagle challenged.
Frustrated by the banter, the young eagle demanded, "Why don't you answer my questions?"
"I did."
"Yes. But you answered them with questions."
"I answered them the best I could."
"But you're the Master Eagle. You're supposed to know everything. If you can't answer these questions, who can?"
"You." The old wise eagle reassured.
"Me? How?" the young eagle was confused.
"No one can tell you how high to fly or how much to dream. It's different for each eagle. Only God and you know how far you'll go. No one on this earth knows your potential or what's in your heart. You alone will answer that. The only thing that limits you is the edge of your imagination."
The young eagle puzzled by this asked, "What should I do?"
"Look to the horizon, spread your wings, and fly."
Copyright 2001, Tom Reilly
and for gramps: The Garage Door
The boss walked into the office one morning not knowing his zipper was down and his fly area wide open. His assistant walked up to him and said, 'This morning when you left your house, did you close your garage door?' The boss told her he knew he'd closed the garage door, and walked into his office puzzled by the question.
As he finished his paperwork, he suddenly noticed his fly was open, and zipped it up. He then understood his assistant's question about his 'garage door.'
He headed out for a cup of coffee and paused by her desk to ask, 'When my garage door was open, did you see my Hummer parked in there?'
She smiled and said, 'No, I didn't. All I saw was an old mini van with two flat tires.'
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