Sometimes I love the way time messes with you.
At this very moment it is Thursday: sun shining, plants digging the weather, cafe jazz music in the background, sitting outside on the deck with my dogs, typing away on my computer sitting on an old glass top table with a cup of coffee nearby.
But when you read this I will be camping up North with some good friends, no Wi Fi on the computer, commuting with nature and a tiny camper and hopefully a Bloody Mary to go with my camping breakfast.
Where am I, really?
If I proofread this once more before I send it, I will have to fix something that was created back in time. Today I’m daydreaming of quiet times and good friends, but when I read this next week my daydreaming of quiet times and good friends will have already happened.
My past will become my present and soon after my future. Which inevitably will become my past.
I believe in trying to make every present moment something to remember. Boring jobs, exciting moments, melancholy memories, all make us who we are and who we will be. We’ll never pass this way again and all that.
I could spend my now time griping about the upcoming Presidential election or my bank account being overdrawn. Just as I could relive the loss of my son or the cat we just put to sleep.
The past can be a creepy place, but it is also a cauldron of future emotions and experiences. The ingredients you add now will make a difference in your future stew.
When I look back I prefer to relive the good times. The loving times. The laughing times. When I look into the future I prefer to anticipate the good times. The loving times. The laughing times.
That’s why it doesn’t matter where you are at any point in the Space/Time Continuum. You are here and there and everywhere. And so is everyone else.
Connect. And revel in that connection.
Wow! Great post! [star2.pnghttps://webmail.centurylink.net/app/ress/img/RTE/emoji/24/star2.png]It’s a keeper.
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love this! So sorry about your cat. Putting a cat down was torture for me, but part of the circle of life. What we focus on, we create, so I do my best to create what I desire with my thoughts.
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I love love your answer. And I so believe you. What we focus on we create. So I work hard not to create a crabby depressed old woman. I have endured a lot and seen a lot and want to see and experience that much more. And I hope to create nothing but positive experiences from here on out!
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I am inspired by you because I often do create a version of the crabby depressed old woman. I don’t prefer being old and need to accept it and redefine it. I keep trying! Your reply was what I needed to hear.❤️
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Yours is what ~I~ needed to hear!!!
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You mention camping up north pretty often. Where is your favorite Up North place?
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This time we hit Potawatomi State Park just south of Sturgeon Bay. The cabin we retreat to all the time is up near Eagle River, my late father-in-laws house. Long drive but worth it once we get there!
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We have a choice to concentrate on the negative or the positive. The bad stuff will creep in at times, its only natural but we have the ability to turn it around to the good stuff. And there is always some good stuff. I love this post. Enjoy wherever you are right now!
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Absolutely! You rock!
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