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He has been a member for 7 months (218 days).The following edited words deal with keeping some things close to our hearts. One line reads, "Throwing things away meant you knew there'd always be more." That strikes me as sad and a reflection of the society and culture as it has necessarily evolved, grown more and more stressed and fast paced. I have leaned that "always more" is not a promise you can rely on. That lesson is a window to my inner self, if you care to look in, and may open a vision into yourself.
Good Friends And Family Are Like Stars ....
I grew up in the 50's/60's with practical parents. A Dad, God love him, who washed aluminum foil after it was used and then reused it. He was the original recycler, before they had a name for it... A Mother who was happier getting old shoes fixed than buying new ones ..
Their marriage was OK, their dreams slightly unfocused but they had kids and they "worked" hard for a living. Dreams sometimes had to wait. Back then their best friends lived barely a wave away. I can see them now, Dad in trousers, tee shirt and a hat and Mom in a house dress, lawn mower in one hand, and dish-towel in the other. It was the time for fixing things; A curtain rod, the kitchen radio, screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress, things we keep.
It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that re-fixing, eating, renewing, I wanted just once to be wasteful. Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you knew there'd always be more. That promise of eternity and endless chances that came from my lost youth was a lie.
But then my mother became very ill, and on a clear summer's night, I was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't any more.
Sometimes, what we care about most gets lost or all used up and goes away...and may never return.
So... While we have it.. it's best we love it... And care for it... And fix it when it's broken.... And heal it when it's sick.
There are just some things that make life important, like people we know who are not special but are special to us ... And so, we keep them close!
This is true... For marriage.... For Friends ... And old cars... And children with bad report cards..... Dogs and cats with bad hips.... And aging parents.... And grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it. Some things we keep because they are a part of us. Like a friend that moved away or a classmate we grew up with.
Good friends and family are like stars....
You don't always see them, but you know they are always there and wish for the next clear view.
Keep them close.
