I’ve seen the Kansas of your sweet little myth.
“If you want to be happy, you have to be happy on purpose. When you wake up, you can't just wait to see what kind of day you'll have. You have to decide what kind of day you'll have”. - Joel Osteen
I brought my mom to the hospital today for a procedure and had a bunch of idle time on my hands to think. It got me thinking about happiness. It seems like it should be so easy to just be happy. For me it has always seemed to be much, much harder than that and it often seems like a chore.
I tend to think that some people are naturally happy people and that they just wake up happy in the morning. I think that for most of us, it is much more of a struggle. I do know that it is easy to offer up a smile to a stranger, to hold the door for someone who is walking behind you. I know that by doing simple things to make others happy, it makes me happy. I also know that by compounding all of these little, simple acts, I am developing the habits that will help to make me happier, more of the time.
I just wish that sometimes it came a lot easier.
- abstract image of a glass door to an office in the hospital.
“remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet” - Stephen Hawking
And you can stand on the arms of the Williamsburg Bridge crying, well hey man this is babylon.
Man sends the ray of the electric light, sends the impulse through the air down to home.
Signal got lost to the satallite, got lost in the rideup to the plungedown.
miami, fl
The sun will rise and set regardless.
What we choose to do with the light is up to us.
I still have dreams, they’re not the same
They don’t fly as high as they used to.
So line on up, and take your place
And show your face to the morning
Cause one of these days, you’ll be born and raised
And it all comes on without warning.
March into the Sea
if you think you know enough to know enough to know you’ve had enough and if you think you don’t you probably will
Your goal is not to change everyone, your goal is to change someone.
What if it was all just as simple as being nice?
Being nice to everyone, all the time.
And what if by just being nice to eveyone, you got it all back, in spades.
What if it was really that simple?
Missed The Boat
We were certainly uncertain
At least I'm pretty sure I am
Well we didn't need the water
But we just built that good God dam
NOLA
“The only excursion of my life outside of New Orleans took me through the vortex to the whirlpool of despair: Baton Rouge. . . . New Orleans is, on the other hand, a comfortable metropolis which has a certain apathy and stagnation which I find inoffensive.“ - John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
Next to the ocean, my favorite place in the world to be is New Orleans. I love the city and the people, the food and oh, the music. Getting off the plane, you can smell the city in the thickness of the air. No place like it on earth.
Early morning walks along thw river with a cup of coffee and chickory. Watching the fog slowly makes its way off the river.
People watching in Jackson square. Taking in all the sights, sounds and smells that the city has to offer.
Parades, you run into parades anywhere, at any time. People having fun, loving their city.
Walking down the streets, no place to be and in no hurry to get there. “I know what it means”.
Ignatius Reilly sums it up best. “Leaving New Orleans also frightened me considerably. Outside of the city limits the heart of darkness, the true wasteland begins.”
6/16/17
Happy Birthday
"Do you have the courage? Do you have the courage to bring forth this work? The treasures that are hidden inside you are hoping you will say yes"
This is my wish for you on your 18th birthday. I wish for you the courage to always follow your dreams. To always dream BIG dreams. To find ways to always stay positive and more than anything, for you to share the treasures that are inside you with the world, so that everyone else can see just how special you are.
Happy Birthday Buddy. I love you more than anything in the world.
