Random Thoughts

Maybe you run. Maybe you journal. Perhaps you meditate or do yoga. Me?   I take a photo.   More specifically, in 2018 I took a PHOTO OF MY HAND* every day. 2018 was the 5 th year I deliberately took a photo of something every day.   In 2014, I photographed the bed I woke up in every morning.   In 2015, it was my FEET.   2016 and ’17 were my HAND, and I continued that subject into 2018. I would guess at this point that your reaction might be, “Ummm, why?”.   And that is a logical question, a question that I now realize has many answers.   But the most honest, seemingly important answer is this: Taking a specific photo every day grounds me.   I have one shot at it – I choose the location of my photo based on the most significant event of my day.   But hey, days change!   What if I commit to my hand photo at 10:00 am, then “something better” comes along in the evening??   Well, that’s life, and it is a good...

I think we all do it, really, in some form or the other.  We search for perfection.  Some people dream of a perfect BODY – curves in all the right places and nary a wrinkle.  Some people hunt for the perfect mate – someone who fits every idealized fantasy they can imagine.  Me – sometimes I catch myself running after the perfect EXPERIENCE… I did it tonight, and when I realized what was happening, I had to laugh. Here’s the deal – perfection doesn’t EXIST.  There is no perfect body, no perfect mate, no perfect family, no perfect house, or perfect life.  And there is no perfect experience .  Have you ever tried to do that – ensure that you will have the perfect experience??  If you can look at it from the outside, from a bird’s eye view, you will see how utterly ridiculous it is.  How about this one: trying to make the PERFECT HOLIDAY !!  You buy the biggest, fullest Christmas tree.  You decorate it with gorgeous o...