daily hmmmm

It's not until I have come to that point where I have learned from the past, grown from the past, and stopped repeating the negative actions, that I can actually embrace the negativity in the past (that's been haunting and upsetting me) and say with complete honesty, "I am, now, thankful for all the negative and difficult times because it has led me here into this much better place in my life."

So, I'll keep in mind, while I'm going through future "rocky roads", that all things, eventually, come to pass and one day, I will be thankful for this very rocky road, even with all of its negativity. 

Food for thought - if you are not learning, growing, and becoming better and, consequently, thankful (embracing) for your negative situations - then you are in the alternative, quite possibly, allowing yourself to become more and more bitter in spirit.

Focus on love and light.... not hate and "haters".

It's what your focus is in that you become....

it's so sad

when someone is so desperate for love, that they "go for" whomever goes for them first.

Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami

"Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.
You change direction but the sandstorm chases you.
You turn again, but the storm adjusts.
Over and over you play this out,
like some ominous dance with death just before dawn.
Why?
Because this storm isn't something that blew in from far away,
something that has nothing to do with you.
This storm is you.
Something inside of you.
So all you can do is give in to it,
step right inside the storm,
closing your eyes and plugging up your ears
so the sand doesn't get in,
and walk through it,
step by step.
There's no sun there,
no moon,
no direction,
no sense of time.
Just fine white sand
swirling up into the sky like pulverized bones.
That's the kind of sandstorm you need to imagine......
And once the storm is over
you won't remember how you made it through,
how you managed to survive.
You won't even be sure, in fact,
whether the storm is really over.
But one thing is certain.
When you come out of the storm
you won't be the same person who walked in.
That's what this storm's all about."

Missing the mark

Am I missing my mark or are you missing the point?

"Missing the point" so often seems like a lame strategy used be someone who doesn't want to face the facts.

Can't really blame them though - the point often hurts.