tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23768728.post2240083102210119263..comments2023-11-05T07:32:07.024-05:00Comments on life's journey: my february of discontentbilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16206096509976316141noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23768728.post-36704545704515087102010-02-16T22:09:50.484-05:002010-02-16T22:09:50.484-05:00Reconnect while we can. As our Brother Tim would s...Reconnect while we can. As our Brother Tim would say, Amen.Dave Dubyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279370558997246976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23768728.post-35846705476071736072010-02-16T22:06:06.560-05:002010-02-16T22:06:06.560-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dave Dubyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279370558997246976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23768728.post-47894679814965563072010-02-16T19:11:31.286-05:002010-02-16T19:11:31.286-05:00Your post reminds me of when I was 37 years old (3...Your post reminds me of when I was 37 years old (31 years ago), and was completely torn up and disgusted about so many things.<br /><br />Like you, February is never a good month for me - for some reason, I get disgusted that retail stores focus only on Christmas; then January 'sales', and quickly throwing up Valentine displays only to reduce everything 50% 24 hours later, and slap up St. Patrick's Day items that you know will then be replaced by April Fool's 'stuff', and then Easter chocolates!<br /><br />My head was twirling from all this kind of thing those 31 years ago, and I happened to listen to Procol Harum's record from LIVE AT THE LEEDS IN LONDON, and in one song the question is asked of the great 'master', 'what is the meaning of life' to which the answer is, 'LIFE IS LIKE A BEANSTALK ISN'T IT'?<br /><br />As that reply 'sunk in' in my head, I felt suddenly 'enlightened' by just who my tiny little existance was nothing more than a spider web that is quickly swept away with a corn-broom, and I've tried to remind myself of that each February when I get all tied up in a knot about things that are completely baffling to me (as it pertains to the methods of this goofy world).<br /><br />I think spring will help you as you see the 'rebirth' of flowers and nature's bounty again.<br /><br />Take care. DianeHAPPY IN NEVADAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214341069801731994noreply@blogger.com