Swim or Sink

Timing is everything and no-thing. Be careful what you wish for you just might get it. These two phrases hit me square in the eye this afternoon. When we make up our minds energy is set in motion and there will be times that it will not align with someone else or even the universe. It’s a good thing to find out where people stand when you take one because they might be just too afraid to make a decision themselves. And that’s okay because not everyone is capable of making decisions because they might not be ready  to make them. I on the other hand have made mine and just like I decided to put down the drink 23 years ago I have made another and I will swim even if others might choose to swim away or sink.  

New Years Resolutions

What did I learn this Christmas season? Well for one thing I know to trust my intuition. The signals I receive are sometimes in English and are easily understood. If I didn’t think it it’s probably my intuition speaking to me. I know that when FEAR drops in for a visit it’s not intuition because the universe doesn’t speak with emotion just information.  

I was watching an old Abbott & Costello movie and when Lou asks Bud to answer the phone Abbott replies it hasn’t rung yet. Lou shoots back why wait until the last minute. Of course to complete the joke the phone rings right after their exchange. Point is when someone crosses our minds its probably our turn to either call them or we can expect one from them. Interesting the way the cosmos keeps us “in touch” with those around us. 

I got away from my original question as to what I learned this Holiday Season? Well secondly   I know that my common sense is still mired in atrophy, as I am just the Absent Minded Professor or Magoo as some might be more inclined to say. I just don’t keep my head where my feet are.  I am constantly misplacing the same things over and over and over again. As to why I can’t seem to remember where my keys, wallet and phone are is beyond me.

Thirdly my prevarications accomplish nothing but havoc, hurt and anger upon those that love me. I might as well be Pinocchio. I try to cover my own loose ends but since there are so many it gets pretty crowded on Jack’s highway. My road is paved with good intention but it never seems to turn out that way. And while I am on that subject I am going to make a concerted effort to keep people that use me for my time, wisdom and patience without reciprocity out of my life.  I am not America’s substance abuse counselor or psychiatrist, not yet anyway. When I engage in these time wasting intervals I am left with resentment and that is a place I just cannot be.  

And so for 2013 instead of “winging it” I will simplify my life by making better decisions when it comes to romance, friendship and transparency. I will make a resolution to stop texting while driving (even if stopped at a red light) put my keys, wallet and phone in the same basket every night. Most importantly I am going to learn to say NO and be able to look at myself in the mirror and feel good instead of feeling fat  which is what I usually engulf myself in. These hardly seem like lofty goals but for this sexagenarian it is essential if I am to make it in one piece into the next decade.