In honor of the new Muppet movie, the youngest child's newly discovered soup-making skills, the middle one's vegetarian leanings, the eldest's work helping to prepare delicious-looking food at Lake Avenue Cafe... and reptiles, of course!
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
What's It All About?
So that last post was definitely a cheat! I threw it up there, having some idea I would try to write something every single day, but yesterday's lack of posting took care of that notion and now I can just write without worrying about self-imposed quotas.
I ran into an acquaintance yesterday who has been going through a tough time in his personal life this past year and we spent a little time catching up. It made me think about how, if you have no belief in a life beyond the 80 or so years we spend in imperfect existence on this planet, it must be extremely hard to take if everything you've worked for over the years falls apart in your middle or later years and you end up feeling like you just wasted decades of your life. He and I are fortunate enough to believe that everything we learn in this life will help us to become stronger and smarter people in a way that will lastingly benefit us, but what does one do if you've spent many years building up a "nest egg", or a close relationship with a mate or friends or children, and drawing strength and hope from that source, and suddenly it's taken away from you by circumstances you have no control over? It must be very difficult to recover from such an experience without hope that you'll have time to use the wisdom you've gained.
To anyone who may read this, I hope you have a source you can go to to sustain you through such hard times. Chocolate, for instance. And you can always listen to Paul McCartney:
The mullet totally makes it all better again!
I ran into an acquaintance yesterday who has been going through a tough time in his personal life this past year and we spent a little time catching up. It made me think about how, if you have no belief in a life beyond the 80 or so years we spend in imperfect existence on this planet, it must be extremely hard to take if everything you've worked for over the years falls apart in your middle or later years and you end up feeling like you just wasted decades of your life. He and I are fortunate enough to believe that everything we learn in this life will help us to become stronger and smarter people in a way that will lastingly benefit us, but what does one do if you've spent many years building up a "nest egg", or a close relationship with a mate or friends or children, and drawing strength and hope from that source, and suddenly it's taken away from you by circumstances you have no control over? It must be very difficult to recover from such an experience without hope that you'll have time to use the wisdom you've gained.
To anyone who may read this, I hope you have a source you can go to to sustain you through such hard times. Chocolate, for instance. And you can always listen to Paul McCartney:
The mullet totally makes it all better again!
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