So...
It's been quite some time since I last took some time to populate this blog... Can't say for certain when I'll be back again... I suppose I shall make the most of it while I am here.
I was challenged to start this blog some time ago, and the tenor of the conversation and the blog was intended to foster deep, sometimes dark, but nonetheless, "delicious" thought. Truthfully, the blog was intended, at least in part, to fuel the conversations, and vice versa.
Since those conversations, people have come and gone in and out of my life. For some of this strange movement of people I take full responsibility. For others, well... as the saying goes, "Time and tide wait for no man..."
It is sad, but true, to say that I wish that I had done things differently. And had I made different choices, perhaps it would be most pleasant for connections to have remained in tact. I mean... When it comes to this decision thing, you'd think I'd have it down by now... But still find myself being clumsy, foolish, and stupid sometimes.
Taking some time to think about it can bring me to the point of saying, "Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda..." , but I have doubts about that statement that's attributed to George Eliot... You know the one that says, "It is never too late to be what you might have been."
I mean... Isn't the point of the "Time and tide" maxim that second chances are not guaranteed? Isn't real life much more like the old Christian hymn "Once To Every Man And Nation"?
Don't get me wrong, I believe in second chances, but wouldn't it be more prudent to plan for the best, and make every chance count?
I mean... Maybe I should be preaching to my own choir of 1.
Maybe I've spent too much time in the shallows.
Maybe I need to dive deeper, and stay down longer.
Maybe I'll start writing this blog again...
And come up with some better decisions.
It's been quite some time since I last took some time to populate this blog... Can't say for certain when I'll be back again... I suppose I shall make the most of it while I am here.
I was challenged to start this blog some time ago, and the tenor of the conversation and the blog was intended to foster deep, sometimes dark, but nonetheless, "delicious" thought. Truthfully, the blog was intended, at least in part, to fuel the conversations, and vice versa.
Since those conversations, people have come and gone in and out of my life. For some of this strange movement of people I take full responsibility. For others, well... as the saying goes, "Time and tide wait for no man..."
It is sad, but true, to say that I wish that I had done things differently. And had I made different choices, perhaps it would be most pleasant for connections to have remained in tact. I mean... When it comes to this decision thing, you'd think I'd have it down by now... But still find myself being clumsy, foolish, and stupid sometimes.
Taking some time to think about it can bring me to the point of saying, "Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda..." , but I have doubts about that statement that's attributed to George Eliot... You know the one that says, "It is never too late to be what you might have been."
I mean... Isn't the point of the "Time and tide" maxim that second chances are not guaranteed? Isn't real life much more like the old Christian hymn "Once To Every Man And Nation"?
Don't get me wrong, I believe in second chances, but wouldn't it be more prudent to plan for the best, and make every chance count?
I mean... Maybe I should be preaching to my own choir of 1.
Maybe I've spent too much time in the shallows.
Maybe I need to dive deeper, and stay down longer.
Maybe I'll start writing this blog again...
And come up with some better decisions.
