Oh well, there seem to be too few windmills in my personal adventure, so I have to tilt against whatever obstacle I can find. The trouble is that the only obstacle I find is that no one recognizes my dilemma, or if they do, they don't care. It is not like I really blame them all that much. I am sure that I would feel likewise if I placed myself in their shoes. Am I over-concerned about my life? I mean - isn't one's existence pretty meaningless anyway. Are we not all just another number in the billions and billions of other being that inhabit this planet? How many of the billions alive at this very moment are going to make monumental changes in anythin' anyway? I know I am not. I was so hopin' my children would. I am just still lookin' for those children. Alas! Blue funk.
This post seemed to displease my navel. It seems to have a severe distaste for philosophy. If my navel could voice its preference, I am sure it would choose that I discuss those things that give me belly laughs. My navel seems to enjoy it when my belly quivers. End of report.
Posted by notGeorge at December 23, 2003 11:54 PM | TrackBackI'm trying...I'm having a pretty rough Christmas myself. Not in the same department as yours, but a funky one nevertheless. If you want, I can search out some funny material on the web and send you the links. Maybe you'll find something to laugh about and help clear away the cobwebs, then.
Be strong, Tig--you ARE making a difference in the world, however small: you've made me very happy this year, because I have you as a friend. On New Year's I will be drinking a toast to all the people I love, and your name will be at the top of the list. You're family, Tig. Zane thinks you're the greatest, Eric considers you a dear friend, and I do too.
I'm sending you long-distance hugs from Central Texas...
--TwoDragons
Posted by: Denita TwoDragons at December 24, 2003 09:20 AMTrue.....I have more blogging friends around the world
than I do personal friends (if you exclude my animals)..
3 kids.....Bob in Denver (who has been in a December funk),
a daughter in California (with 2 grandkids--we don't communicate--) and we'll have our polite Xmas phone call
(her email is disconnected) and my youngest son who is somewhere in this world (dead or alive?)......spending my Xmas with my sister & her 2 sons here on the farm....I think
Jan. 2 is my favorite day of the year__the holidays are over! Hang in there!
If it's the windmill of purpose, I too am in constant search thereof. I've lost that idealism that provides energy. Nowadays I'm happy just to get from point A to point B with minimal psychic or physical damage.
And yet we keep moving on, sometimes against the tide, sometimes just bobbing in place.
You have the best holiday possible, Tig, and know your friends out here have your back.
Keep on tiltin' Tiger.
You are making a difference.
We are all part of each other's environment.
Any one of us will create a big gap if we are missing.
To paraphrase the words of an old song, "Let the circle be unbroken..."
OT: Merry Christmas!
Posted by: McGehee at December 25, 2003 04:16 AMTiger,
As I am constantly learning lately, family is what we make it. I consider you a part of my extended family. I look forward to coming to your blog and reading what is going in Texas. We all serve a purpose, we might not know exactly what it is, but it is there. You touch people in ways you wouldn't even consider.
Posted by: Tink at December 25, 2003 09:29 AMMerry Christmas, Dear Tiger!!!
Posted by: Susie at December 25, 2003 09:31 AMMerry Christmas Terry.
After reading your post. There was something came to mind. I don't know if this will help, but here it is:
The first sign I learn to read when I was a child was in a bookeepers window in Walnut Springs. I ask people that past by, what the sign said and do you know, some of them lied to me about it's contents.
It said:
"Don't take life to serious because you are not going to get out of it alive anyway."
So.....We might as well live, be happy, be cheerful, and go on about our duties to the ends that make us feel good about our existence.
Friend, Frank
Posted by: Frank at December 25, 2003 01:18 PM....keep on bloggin!
Posted by: oldcatman at December 27, 2003 10:41 AMHey Tiger -- cheer up. It may sound like a tired old cliche, but your life IS important because it's YOUR life. Whether or not you cure cancer, rescue puppies from fires, or go to the moon is not the issue -- the issue is that YOU live YOUR life, and (a) have fun, and (b) do something you believe to be worthwhile.
Based on your profession and your blog, I'd say you've achieved (and continue to) both.
"Funks" come & go. This too shall pass.
Happy New Year, Tiger!
Posted by: David at December 28, 2003 06:04 AM