June 8, 2004
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Life is Good
Sure, there is a lot of heinous shit going on. The rich white pricks who run this country are mostly liars, thieves, hypocrites, and fools, but what else is new? So I have two choices–I can accept this situation which I cannot change, or I can let savage indignation lacerate my heart. So I shall strive to accept things as they are. Besides, from where I sit right now, life is good.
For one thing, I am having a good day physically, which means that everything is working and nothing hurts more than usual. It is raining, just enough to give me a day off from my flea market stand but not enough to make driving onerous, so here I am at the Wasilla Library, using one of their fancy computers for free. I feel good, not just physically, but in every other way. Having kicked tobacco, pot and booze as of over a year ago, I am free of the guilt, angst, and stink that accompanies those addictions. Thanks to my sweety, I am on ortho-molecular therapy which has done away with the cravings for those drugs which plagues so many other recovering folks.
But wait, there’s more. A local cat, who I named Silky, has bonded with me. I feed her and she comes into my cabin sometimes–we spent some quality time together this morning–but I did have to draw the line when she jumped into the basket of clean laundry I was putting away. And yesterday, as I was driving up the valley to do laundry and a water run for my ailing sweety and her son, who is spending busy days and nights hosting an on-line tourney, a momma moose and two wee calves ambled across the highway–my heart soared. Critters–everything from moose to monarch butterflies– are a major source of good vibes for me these days.
Someone once observed that the secret to happiness is not to have what you want, but to want what you have. That works for me. I like my extensive wardrobe of used clothes, courtesy mostly of thrift shop bag sales–everything from Harris tweed sportcoats to silk sport shirts. I like my weapons, especially my lovely little five-shot .22 magnum derringer, which is nestled in a pocket even now. I like my 13-inch TV/VCR I got courtesy of Fred Meyer last year. I like my old (1988) car, which is running pretty well at the moment, despite a balky starter solenoid. I really like my new bifocals–driving is lots easier now that I can read traffic signs.
And I especially like being married to the sweetest, smartest and sexiest great-grandmother on the planet. Thanks for everything, darlin’!
Comments (7)
Hmmmm? Apathy? You have the power of “one”. Peace!
Yes, life is good. You’re welcome, to whatever I have and for all that I’ve done. I’ve been aware for ever so long of the “goodness” of life, and it makes me especially pleased when those I love find that awareness too.
I remember one day walking Doug to the schoolbus in the dead dark of winter when he was in about second grade. Out of nowhere he said, “Life is good.” What a relief it was to hear, because he’d had so much trouble adjusting to school, what with his ADHD and his mother who’d taught him so much that was contrary to what the teachers wanted to teach.
I’m glad you’re having a good day. Mine’s better than yesterday. I’m breathing on my own, anyway. And I blogged, one I thought was good enough for ZangaZine. Now if ZZ agrees….
Thanks, I needed to hear this
I was feeling that way for a month or so, happy with what I had, but now I’m slipping back some into discontent, which is bad for the soul…
*smile* The whole world is run by dead men. No wonder it looks as it does.
surley I will work on that. Did I mess up on Susu’s site or mine?
I like your outlook and your attitude. I’m working to be happy with what I have, though it’s a little hard to do sometimes… I just keep plugging away and seeing the beauty around us.
Hope you’re as well today as you were on the 8th, since I’m a week behind in most that I do.
landed here by way of Susu….and what a read….Life is good…I envy your ability to give up such addictions as tobacco….I have given everything else back to the world except this….I loved your energy and I especially loved your giving thanks to your help mate…Most people are really and truly ignorant to who and what runs this country and others…and whom these and other wars actually benefit….But I do love reading other peoples takes on our country….lol…hope your feelings of well bieng continues for a long time.,…Dorothea