So schools open ,come on in
If you have what it takes you just might win
A place in a faceless book
A space where no one looks.
We'll teach you all you need
Until we don't need you anymore.
Then we'll glady let you go
Send you out
Show you the door.
So come on by
Drop on in
We are here to teach
So learn.....if you can.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Eyes Open
It has been quite a while since I have posted anything and much has happened to write about.....
but I can't write about it all at once, so I will reflect on an eye opener of significance.
I watched from afar as a travesty of humanity unfolded on multimedia in front of me.
A woman that I care for was going through a very tough time trying to figure out herself and her current relationship. We had talked once about her boyfriend in depth, and my thoughts about him were less than complimentary. I saw something in the way he posed for pictures and wrote about himself that spoke volumes to me about his character. I did my best to express my feelings to her as simply and as directly as possible. She listened ,as friends do, but the words were just words to her, at the time.
As my friend continued her journey with her boyfriend ,she continued to write about her experiences
through mass media... She Tweeted, and posted on her Blog Site and Facebook all the little things that happened...the trips,funny experiences,hospital visits and of course the disagreements.
I found myself growing concerned for her,but dared not say anything ,as it would not be my place...and for our past. I saw her being frail and trying to open up, but I mainly saw the inevitable end.
My eye opening came when I realized that I was no longer concerned with our relationship,but that I was strictly concerned for her. I was watching her put herself through hell ...for nothing...and it was actually getting to me that she was getting hurt. I saw in myself the wisdom and caring that had always eluded me previously. I didn't have to HAVE someone to care about them..AND ..I saw that my intuition about several recent situations was correct.
If we can learn to be giving of ourselves without concern for what will be returned, we will have finally learned what it means to love someone else...and ourselves.
but I can't write about it all at once, so I will reflect on an eye opener of significance.
I watched from afar as a travesty of humanity unfolded on multimedia in front of me.
A woman that I care for was going through a very tough time trying to figure out herself and her current relationship. We had talked once about her boyfriend in depth, and my thoughts about him were less than complimentary. I saw something in the way he posed for pictures and wrote about himself that spoke volumes to me about his character. I did my best to express my feelings to her as simply and as directly as possible. She listened ,as friends do, but the words were just words to her, at the time.
As my friend continued her journey with her boyfriend ,she continued to write about her experiences
through mass media... She Tweeted, and posted on her Blog Site and Facebook all the little things that happened...the trips,funny experiences,hospital visits and of course the disagreements.
I found myself growing concerned for her,but dared not say anything ,as it would not be my place...and for our past. I saw her being frail and trying to open up, but I mainly saw the inevitable end.
My eye opening came when I realized that I was no longer concerned with our relationship,but that I was strictly concerned for her. I was watching her put herself through hell ...for nothing...and it was actually getting to me that she was getting hurt. I saw in myself the wisdom and caring that had always eluded me previously. I didn't have to HAVE someone to care about them..AND ..I saw that my intuition about several recent situations was correct.
If we can learn to be giving of ourselves without concern for what will be returned, we will have finally learned what it means to love someone else...and ourselves.
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