The Sounds of Silence

I recently had somebody ask me if I’ve abandoned this endeavor.  The answer was and is a resounding NO!  They then asked why I hadn’t updated in almost a year.  That answer was a bit more challenging.  There were and are lots of reasons why I haven’t been writing.   I have a new and far more stressful job.  I’m a single parent of teenagers and the taking two and from to their various activities uses up copious amounts of time.  There was also a major addiction to facebook games, lol.  But I’m doing away with that one!  But the two biggest reasons are pretty basic, and perhaps a little bit selfish.  The first being I wasn’t sure what to write about.  I had some ideas, but there was nothing concrete floating around in my brain.  The second reason, well that’s the really selfish one.  I was kind of thinking that nobody cared and I have to be honest.  I’m the type that thrives on positive feedback and reinforcement.  See, selfish. But today, I was sitting on my couch with the laptop – well on my lap, and I was struck by an epiphany of sorts.  Every Monday thru Friday, I…

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Taking Time to Reflect

I've received lots of messages from people wondering where I've been and why I haven't been posting lately.  Basically, I've been taking time ot reflect  Life is very cyclical - if you are a believer in Tarot cards, there is a card called The Wheel of Fortune and it means that life has it's ups and it's downs.  I guess you could say I've been on a downward turn, and that's what I've been reflecting upon.  At first I was doing the whole woe is me, why is this happening to me thing, but I quickly realized that was an exercise in futility.  From there I moved on to the pondering and reflecting portion of our program, and I'm still there.  I'm trying to figure out not WHY these things are happening, but WHAT I can learn from the things that are happening.  I still don't know what I'm supposed to learn, but I KNOW thre is something I'm supposed to be learning.  Hopefully the meaning shall become clear and the wheel will start on it's upward trend again. I think, this is a healthy attitude to have.  Stuff doesn't always go your way, you can whine about it, or…

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