The tears of Gaia fall all around me
She cries to refill her oceans
Her skin cracks and separates
She struggles to keep her composure
Far off in distant lands
Her belly rumbles with indigestion and irrupts
Closer to home the cracks in her skin give way
Global deforestation, the need for fossil fuel
Cut her breath
My heart bleeds fear
Fear of her destruction and imminent demise
Man has cut her deep she may not have long
When Gaia hurts we all hurt
I don't want to hurt any more
TS
I am who I am and I make no excuses.
But part of me is stifled.
My work persona has invaded.
It’s slowly taking over.
The majority of my awake time spent as a retail zombie.
After 35 years it is beginning to take its toll.
I am slowly becoming a complete zombie.
Time has come to push the zombie back.
My way back is through words.
Bringing forth my own thoughts which have been stifled.
Pushing aside the zombie and bringing myself forward.
Some walls will fall, some walls will rise
At least they will be mine.
TS
The other day someone asked me if I followed a particular person.
I replied no and if I did I inquired wouldn't that be considered stalking.
Oh haha TS you don't "actually" follow them.
You are following them online
Wouldn't that be cyber stalking
Oh they are allowing me to do it
In fact complete strangers are encouraging me to do it, whoa!
Follow me and your life will be so much better
Follow me and see how truly shallow I am
Follow me to the road to happiness
Follow me...
WHAT THE FUCK PEOPLE
WAKE UP!
Here I have some awesome kool-aid it will take you to Nirvana
I'll see you when we get there
Don't get me wrong I use Facebook
Which is an incredulous universe of following and stalking
I liken it to required reading in school
If you don't have your finger tapping in at least one form of online social media you are lost
Does anyone else see the irony in online social media
What do they call those things oxymoron.
The last time I went to a party and tried to be social
I couldn't talk to anyone because I didn't have a cell phone
Nobody speaks WTF
Still the good damn wallflower :-)
That's not the type of social I was brought up on.
I have lost track on where I was originally going with this
Oh right something about social media and sheep
All I can say is my family is and my friends are
One degree of separation
Anymore than that and you open yourself to who knows what
Innocence lost
Common sense lost
Respect lost
Where the hell did it all go?
Oh right social media
I love it when people walk into things
Really you couldn't wait until you got home
How much you are missing because you have your head down in your phone/tablet
Though it is great enjoyment for me I am a people watcher lol
What is with this need for instant communication.
At one time in my life we had a party line telephone
If you had an emergency you would have to ask whomever was on the line to get off
No instant communication there
Other than in a emergency situation
Why is it so necessary to have this instant communication
If you answer my question does that make you a follower?
Does it make me a hypocrite
Not really as you would be following me
Who knows I must go
TS
Do you ever wonder?
Do you actually take time to sit and wonder.
To wonder why things are the way they are?
To wonder who left that slipper in the square.
Perhaps to wonder where life may take you.
Or do you have blinders on?
I think, maybe I wonder and marvel too much
Is that even possible?
People often look at me strange as I stand staring into the sky following a bird around town
Or when I am watching bugs on a tree.
I have the wonder of a child most times and I think it is a wonderful thing
Others may disagree but that's when my blinders come on and I don't give a rats ass
Though curiosity did kill the cat
Is there a difference between wonder and curiosity?
Um perhaps I will wonder about that as I walk to the square as there is music playing and I am wondering who it is.
What happens if you don’t fulfill your bucket list?
Do you leave your life feeling as if your bucket is half full or half empty?
Why make a bucket list at all?
Personally I have never thought about a bucket list. It seems strange to me that you make a list of things to do before you die. You could die tomorrow and what have you accomplished nothing. So why set yourself up for something that may never be possible.
Perhaps instead of sitting around making up a list of things you want to do which empties the bucket why not make a list of the things you have already done that will fill the bucket full of special moments in your life. Good memories are so much more important than something that may never come to be. I don’t think there is any thing wrong in dreaming but we must be realistic. Appreciate life for what we have and make realistic goals not yearn for things that are unobtainable. Live life and don’t work so hard that you miss it.
I am going to live my life to the following quote and start to fill my bucket.
Dream as if you’ll live forever
Live as if you’ll die today
~James Dean~
Well here we are at the end of another year.
Are we any further ahead than we thought we would be?
Or do we find ourselves behind the proverbial 8 ball?
Personally I am a little of both.
After taking 6 months off for a ‘sabbatical’ this past year.
I find myself much further ahead in my own personal state of being.
But still a little behind the 8 ball, as are most people in the world
Some much worse than I.
Really what are my problems compared to others in the world?
They are miniscule, they are nothing.
We bitch about our jobs when others are even lucky to have a job.
We moan when someone else gets a promotion because we truly didn’t have the commitment to the job.
We are jealous of those who have more than us when we truly have so much more than others. One thing I have learned this past year is that it is all perspective. Those with more are no happier than we are with less and there are so many more people out there much more unfortunate than us.
So truly think in this new year to make a change for yourself which in turn will help make a change in the world. Think about someone less fortunate than you who works a lot for much less and never complains when you next bitch about your situation whatever it may be.
Compassion, peace and love is what I wish for in the year ahead and for many more to come.
Love and understanding
TS
