09 November 2012

Emotional Hangover.....

Bruised...

Battered...

Beaten....


along with,

tired 
cranky
irritated
resentful

and 

worst 

of 

all

isolated.....


That's how this campaign seems to have affected
our country.

Not "that" country over there....

Not "their" country.....

Not even, "that parties" country....


OUR COUNTRY!!!

for Pete's sake....

We are a country of unlikely brothers and sisters....

We can ALL trace our family to another shore....

Truth be shown,
(sorry)
none of us are from 
so-called "original inhabitants".

Go back far enough and most historians will 
validate the theory that all humans on the 
North American continent
can trace their lineage 
to another part 
of 
the 
planet.

So, this begs the question,
who amongst us is 
"legitimate".

Perhaps the answer to all this 
Emotional Hangover biz can be summed up 
with one word......

GRATITUDE.

Thanksgiving is not far away...

Perhaps, if we all committed to being 
Grateful,
then this malaise
would pass....


I, for one, and going to try it....

TGIF!!

smiles.

07 November 2012

This, I believe....

with apologies to "Edward R. Murrow"...

This is a day of drawing upon our resources.....

Our resources of manners.

I was impressed last night at the 

grace of the defeated....

and the compassion of a winner.

I cannot express how weary I have become of this election process.

BAD MANNERS~

Letitia Baldridge died last week.

Some might attribute her advanced age,

I, on the other hand, suspect other factors......

BAD MANNERS~

I love "social media" and the new-found ability to communicate with others....

however,

I have also seen the dark side of this medium....

I have found it necessary to "un-friend" family members,

who, for lack of another explanation, seem
 to

 have

 lost

 their

 mind

and

their

manners....

Exclusionary opinion does not stand the test of time.

I love the United States of America.

I am so very grateful to be a citizen of this country.

My belief is that travel reinforces this belief.

I have studied the history of this land,

(and let me be very clear here)

no one person can save us,

and no one person can bring us down...

We are so much stronger.....

Good manners are the privilege of the free....

Good manners are the duty of the brave....