The Rumble of Change meant a new career! I can always count on you, Mr Rumble.
Taking the other half of my teacher certification test on Friday. Somewhere in this cluster of a blog I talked about the first half… way back in 2007. I procrastinate well, obviously.
THINGS I’M EXCITED ABOUT:
That’s all folks.
Feeling the sweet rumble of Change again in the bethysphere.
Wonder what that means this time.
Sometimes friends let you down.
Sometimes you let them down.
Sometimes you just have to decide if your pride is more important than a friendship.
Sometimes it is.
Sometimes it isn’t.
Sometimes it is — but just for a little while. And you finally get over it, and your panties de-bunch.
Then you have to do something about it.
My overly dramatic, self indulgent poem of the day.
Solitude
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone.
For the sad old earth must borrow it’s mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air.
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.
Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go.
They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be sad, and you lose them all.
There are none to decline your nectared wine,
But alone you must drink life’s gall.
Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by.
Succeed and give, and it helps you live,
But no man can help you die.
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a long and lordly train,
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud. Do not complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.”
Maya Angelou
Oh Elizabeth & the Catapult, you always know just what to say, and more importantly, how to say it. I’ve been a fan for a long time, but hadn’t heard this one. It’s beautiful. <3
I might be back. Haven’t quite decided.
If there were any regular readers before, they’ve long lost interest at this point, so I’m probably just talking to myself anyway…which oddly reflects real life. But I’m not complaining.
Update: I’m working full time now, benefits and all…which has completely killed my social life, since I’m still hosting trivia 2 nights a week and attempting Supermom status. Next up: a new couch and a good vacation.
