an uneven day
for 53, today has presented some challenges.
Effervescent at times, tar-ish at others. Unexpected weights but thanks to kind words from friends, manageable.
Sometimes I think how nice it would be to climb into a good memory and just exist there until I couldn’t stand it anymore. I suppose, in some ways, I already do so.
Time for a walk and maybe movie… something funny I think. Or, an evening of music. Yeah, music would be nice.
And a beer.
some days are just harder than others.
Getting angry is a reaction, but remaining angry is a choice
This Too Shall Pass (OK Go)
A gem as fresh today as it was 15 years ago
[Verse 1] You know you can't keep letting it get you down And you can't keep dragging that dead weight around If there ain't all that much to lug around Better run like hell when you hit the ground
[Chorus] When the morning comes When the morning comes
[Verse 2] You can't stop these kids from dancing — why would you want to 'Specially when you are already getting yours? 'Cause if your mind don't move and your knees don't bend Well, don't go blaming the kids again
[Chorus] When the morning comes When the morning comes When the morning comes When the morning comes When the morning comes When the morning comes
[Bridge] Let it go, this too shall pass Let it go, this too shall pass
[Outro] You know you can't keep letting it get you down No, you can't keep letting it get you down (Let it go, this too shall pass) Hey! Is it really all that much to lug around? Oh, you can't keep letting it get you down (Let it go, this too shall pass)
When the morning comes (You can't keep letting it get you down) (You can't keep letting it get you down) When the morning comes (You can't keep letting it get you down) (No, you can't keep letting it get you down) When the morning comes (You can't keep letting it get you down) (You can't keep letting it get you down) When the morning comes (You can't keep letting it get you down) (No, you can't keep letting it get you down) When the morning comes!
I got bad news this afternoon. Not world-ending, just upsetting. That was insult-to-injury'd with emotional attacks from trusted sources. Just the kind of stuff that is hard to shake off and go. A couple of beers helped. A couple of more will only tip things the wrong way. So, I'll call it even.
Patience. This too shall pass. But man is it heavy to carry while it's here!
It doesn't always feel like it's passing. The scale of things is so huge that even though they are moving, to our human mind, they appear still. Pain and fear are two of those things that seem to always hang in time. Meanwhile joy and happiness seem hardly longer than they are in real time.
Made harder when you just keep clinging and clinging to the thing. Bend like the reed, grasshopper.
Breath.
Breath.
Breath.
Thank all that is good for joys like OK Go.
#music #confession 2025-05-03 22:00:00
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