Good morning, All--so, Beatle fan that I am, I thought that was an appropriate title for today's offering, only the 2nd one this month (as I've said before, the spirit is willing, but the fingers are weak...) as well as an apt metaphor in many ways for my current state of being--but as usual, I digress...
ANY-hoo, here's a re-cap of recent events: as Thanksgiving approaches, I find myself, as I'm sure many others do at this time of year, contemplating life & all I'm thankful for; my beautiful wife, my precious pup, my family & all my friends at the top of the list, of course; my renewed health; a roof over my head & although, I've fallen out of love with my job long ago (for a host of reasons), at least it's a job (& I did recently get my forced day off each week back & a SLIGHT bump in pay), but of course, all that being said, there's always an undercurrent & combination of uncertainty/frustration/malaise/stress/confusion/helplessness, etc. about my everyday existence; more & more people I know these days are pretty much in the same boat, so I never consider myself unique in having these feelings, just that that's where I am at this point in my life; I know, I know, WOE IS ME (or as Linda Rondstadt sang :Poor Poor Pitiful Me"--LOL)--I know there are countless people all over the world without all the good things that I have & hold dear, but I guess at 50 years old (& a half, to be precise), I feel like something is still missing somehow (like the line in Jim Croce's "Bad Bad Leroy Brown": A jigsaw puzzle with a couple a pieces gone...)--anyway, minus losing a week or so last week to a bad head & chest cold where I felt like I was just creeping through each day (and skipping one interval exercise class & one boxing class each & unfortunately, doing less biking but still trying to walk & do my own weights/exercise stuff as best I could every day), being pretty much back to form physically & mentally hasn't necessarily helped me through the muck & mire of my daily routines--luckily, Thanksgiving is the thing I've looked forward to the most for quite some time now; it's unfortunate that there still has to be so many "hurdles to clear", so many "walls" to climb, so many "potholes" to jump over to get to something good; such is the way of the world more than ever, I suppose--but as I said before (& as I usually do), I digress; just feels good to see it on "paper" or in "print" sometimes to put things in perspective--with that, I leave you till next time, my friends--have a healthy, Happy & bountiful Thanksgiving with your nearest & dearest & loved ones all & prayers for those no longer with us to share the day :)
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