Before I go on, "Honey, thank you for being my wife, loving me through thick and thicker and being the wonderful person you are, every day. And God, thank you for allowing her to come back to me, because without her, I'm pretty much a mess.
Now, back on subject...
I've learned a lot of stuff in a year. I've learned more about life than I ever knew. I learned more about death than I ever wanted to know, and I learned more about what kind of person I was and furthermore, need to be, till its my time to meet God on his turf.
The first thing I'd like to address is that as fast as life happens, life can change. For the first fifty years of my life I was an angry, unhappy (no one's reason but mine), unsatisfied man. Humble is a tough thing to learn. Humble has many meanings too, as I found out. Note: Read on, this will get good (I hope), soon. Humble is the ability to let people be themselves without making a comment or criticism. Humble is taking what life deals you and not complaining, but rather, looking for the good in the situation and building on it. Humble is realizing that you are just another person in this world making mistakes every day and trying to make less mistakes tomorrow, while at the same time helping others around you, (friends as well as strangers), make their lives easier. Humble is tough!
I also learned that loved ones are precious. Time is fleeting. You not only don't know (double negatives, I love them), when your ticket will be punched, but you also don't know when your loved ones will no longer be around. Trust me people, it can happen in a moment! So, stop reading for a second and either find someone near you that you love, or call someone that you care about and tell them how you feel about them. This may be your last chance. That would be a very sad thing, should you not tell them and something happens.
Another thing I want to mention is "forget the past". It's gone. You can't change it. You can't make it better. You have no control over it other than allowing it to change your thinking and ruin your life a little at a time. Lose the anger involved with past and present situations. Forgive people. Find their good and let the relationship grow from there. Time is moving quickly. They may not be here tomorrow.
My recipe for a good day is:
1) Get out of bed. (This is a rotten start to a day, but necessary).
2) Tell your significant other(s) how much you love them.
3) Try to do something each day to make someone's life a little brighter. (Remember this can be either a friend or stranger).
4) Tell yourself that the negatives you are thinking are no longer worth thinking about. (This is a tough one. It takes a long time and many repeats to stop this).
5) Make someone laugh.
Okay. I'm done. Go have a good day and make a difference. That's an order. :-)
Byeeeeee
