A sigh too much, a kiss too long
And there follows a mist and a weeping rain
And life is never the same again”
~ George MacDonald, Phantastes
Source: Image – yama-bato. Poem – Journal of a Nobody
Alas, how easily things go wrong
April 19, 2013 by 29 Comments
A sigh too much, a kiss too long
And there follows a mist and a weeping rain
And life is never the same again”
Live & Learn 
Sigh..alas, indeed. May nothing in your day be reflective of a moment or moments gone awry.
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Ah yes, but then that wouldn’t be life, would it?
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Yes, but I can wish that my friends have only happy Fridays anyway.
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Today seems to be turning into one of those challenging days for me as well.
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Well, here’s to a fantastic weekend for you Alex.
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Funny…my ‘engine is stalling’ this morning, too. And it’s not even raining… ;-?
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🙂 Fire it up pal…
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I know, I know, working on it. I’m counting on a kick-ass Saturday morning workout video from you and/or some riotous run with DK about the neighborhood… No pressure…. 😉
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Wow. You had better look for some internal motivation. At this moment, as they say, we got nothin’ going on.
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Whaaaatttt?! David, you’re killing me buddy, you’re my rock. You get my motivation motor running every Saturday morning! Ok, alright, I’ll throw a little gasoline on the fire, see if I can get your creative juices flowin’
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WjXkk5C6hEU
🙂
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Wow, these guys are nuts. Just pick any one of those things, I’d be in traction in hospital bed.
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Reminds me of advice I received a while back. People don’t usually derail because of big things, but a series of small ones.
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So true Susan.
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Very nice…is it just me or does the right toe of the shoe move like the person standing in the rain has a little rhythm in their system despite the weather?
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Nice catch. I saw the same. There is certainly rhythm…:)
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Yes…how easily it can be that “life is never the same again.” And how well I know that. Hope all is well in your world, David.
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All is good Carol. Have a good weekend. Dave
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David I hope you and yours are safe. Ever since March 16th of this year things have been out of focus for me. It started with my email service being abruptly cut off. I still have not fully recovered from that. Then I got sick with a bad cold, then I turned 70(way better than the alternative!) Had to cancel or postpone lots of activities and commitments. Uncharacteristic of me. A close relative is going through a horror show of scandal that culminates years of questionable behavior. Another one will not speak to me because of my religious convictions. (During all this my wife and daughters threw a surprise birthday party for me and one daughter visited for a week with her 13 year old son — a joy for me. But I was sick during their visit and so it was muted.) I feel a need to rest and relax. I want to rethink things. And now the world around us in Massachusetts has been turned up side down. The Texas town destroyed by an explosion that seems to have been caused by lax procedures at a chemical facility — a facility that had not been inspected for years. A bad moon? Certainly trying times for us right now.
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Wow Frank. Here’s to you being blessed with a series of boring, ordinary, uneventful weeks ahead. All is good with our family. Thank you.
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Thanks David. Well the Sox have won six in a row and they caught the kid in the white hat. Things are looking up.
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Things ARE looking up Frank. 🙂
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Too much to think about for this morning. That throbbing toe in the guy’s foot was driving me nuts. Waiting for something to happen – like maybe that metal cover he was standing on to open up and his life would never be the same again (in the city sewers).
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🙂 You caught that. Very perceptive.
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Sad but true.
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I think that sums up the week, well. After waking to the early morning news and the shut down of all towns and transportation around and in Boston, my only thought was of my friends and daughter in the Boston area. Fortunately, all are okay but too many good people are not….
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Yes, that’s true Peggy. And the drama continues on the major news stations at this moment. Tragic in every which way.
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Yes, so true….
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Yes. Very True.
life is not simple. Our lives are constantly changing, often to the good, and sometimes our perceptions of change challenge us, and make us feel bereft. In such situations, it’s difficult to keep on that path of self-knowledge and self-actualization.
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Yes it is difficult Ivsrao. And we all start at difficult levels of actualization. Lot of work to do here for me.
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