Hillside night

Remember when? oh how we often look back to a favorite memory, a memory of a time in our life, one of my favorites is still summer vacations laying on the side if a hill top, the city lights far away and so the stars seemed to fill the sky with endless depths. We might actually recognize a constellation, but i remember mostly we didn't care and between the occasional clouds, the star and the light of the money, cares were a long long way away, ah the days of summer between school years and the friendship of so many, and a time when time didn't matter so much, no rush, just peace.. memories, there ares so wonderful ones we have all made over the years, places , event, special days with a special friend, a night we talked so late into the night and I had to catch a plane the next day.. and on and on they do go, but the hillside will always remain, and the stars so far in our hearts so close... peace all - PA

Patience

Patience, a word, a practice, something we all seem to avoid, we want it now, that's why were carry credit cards right? and often we take that same want need greed, into relations and work and every aspect of our daily life's. never wanting to wait till it's the right time, but waiting for the right time is always the best. To soon and the satisfaction is often not what we thought it would be, or the outcome would have been better if we had done as our hearts dictated and waited a little longer. Something we so often learn after the fact. We live in an instant gratification world driven by our wants and desires and the "gotta have it now" mentality fed to us daily by the media of entertainment, yet life isn't a 2 hour movie, a hour long episode, or a 30 minute sitcom, it is life, and with strength of character and friendships and family, we can all learn patience and learn to breath and wait till the timing is right .. in what we do here we learn that quality takes time, and a rush job often comes back for more work when if we had done the job right it would have reflect the craft of our trades... enjoy this day, and in the end, look back and say to yourself well done, life is a grand adventure, enjoy it, don't push it - <3

Minds

How the mind works, often in strange ways, a scent a smell, a glance, triggers a long forgotten memory and they all come flooding back, oh, nah, never forgotten, yet they return with all the emotions you felt at the time they were made, yet they return with less and less pain, and the essence of what was remains, the kind words, the touch of thought, of heart, the time she picked me up and washed my wounds, listened to my stories and smiled, told me life would be "ok" Then slowly I watched her own scars she kept hidden from the world heal one by one, from a simple time of sharing the thoughts that held us captive to dreams that can never be dreams of what life should be for two so well matched. Then we learned to accept what life did offer, that to bring pain to others so close was not the way, and through the years now apart, the memories of her still have a way of touching my heart, she still brings a smile with each distant recurring thought she will forever be my bossette <3

Back to Back

back to back they would stand, the waves of evil still surround, yet they do not quit, they fight on..... time to hit it again, for this life is the one we live and we choose each day to rise and fight again, would that life was simple, we could lay back and the needs of our body cared for, but then what adventures could we tell our children and their children. I say nah, tis far better to battle the day, for there are days when the ships will sail with the easy breeze and days the storms of life shall prevail, but only for a time, for each day we will rise again to go forth.. for that is life upon worldly battle ground we walk each day.. stay strong stay shape and enjoy the ride!!

Oceans

Is it really so hard to see that He who created the heavens and the seas, the earth and the wind, can also command the same? is it so hard to see that if He can do that, can he also not protect you as you go through the trials of life? All battles are his and we merely hold on, we too can walk on water, but more then that, we can rise above those many events in life that will pull us down, we get back up, sometimes by His hand, other times by someone we no not might be that very angel we needed to see and feel so very close... long day my friends, and the battles were tough, looking back over this past year though I can say, I have stayed the course before me.. - PA

Music

Music, it connects us, not always do we hear, for so often we think of instrument or voice, yet there is music everywhere, not just a melody that repeats in your head, the last song you heard before going out the door, but it is the wind that blows, the leaves that rustle, the motion of a cat, or running of a pack, the flight of a bird taking wing, all these things music to those that take a moment to hear. I often turn off the radio, just to listen to the silence, though it is not silent, it is the motion and movement of life all around - reflection from a past year, the soon new year will be upon us so take a moment to listen to those dreams those sounds those memories of this past year, write that music in your heart and move forward into the coming new year

Wisdom

Do we truly grow wiser with age? if we did would we not learn from past mistakes? yet so often we seem to find ourselves in that rut of life doing the same things over and over, expecting things to be different, yet are they? This is not to say we can not get out of the rut, but to often that rut feels pretty comfy, so it is easy to fall back to repeat what we have already done, after all, we have committed many hours to getting in this deep, change simply means we would have to start all over again, and maybe we would just dig a new rut? Or change just isn't that easy, we make more mistakes when we change things, much easier to repeat the same mistakes, at least here we know what to expect, new mistakes means we have to think and isn't that a strange concept!! Ah my friends, life is change and growing, moving past and upward, sure that rut is comfy, and to leap from a cliff scares the crap out of us at times, yet, there lays the adventure, change.. we are never to old to change, never to old to learn something new, to step from the what was to the what is.. great moments in history didn't happen from man or woman seeking the most comfortable way, they happened from those that stepped up and out and took the challenge that faced them and when that goal was met, they took on the next, so rise up and fight, be brave and be encouraged, it's easy to be a part of the crowd, so step up and away and accept the challenge that faces you this day and the next.. the tower wasn't made cause some one didn't think outside the box they lived in, or the bridges that span the waters or the towers and monuments that cover this world, and what of flight, how long did we strive to take to the air, ahhh the challenges of life, tis a sweet thing to be alive, enjoy every moment of everyday. - PA 12/2/13