THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “You are only as good as your last page.”
Sometimes in the quiet part of the day, when the pressure has subsided and there is time to let your hair down, do you secretly wish for something? What might that wish or item be? Do you as most folks wish for one more fresh start in life, one more chance to do it over again, and this time, swear to get it right.
I am reminded of the bumper sticker I saw on my last trip to Houston, Texas. It read: “Lord, give us one more oil boom, we promise we won’t blow it this time.” Everyone it seems wants a fresh start, one more shot at it. My wife is a big fan of these so-called makeover shows. She asked me one day, “Honey, would you like to do a makeover?” and I replied, “Naw, what I want is a Do-Over,” that would suit me just fine.
The late Sonny Bono comes to mind, the opposite other half or partner of Sonny & Cher. One thing I always admired about Sonny was the way he was able to seemingly re-invent himself, over and over, without a care in the world. Sonny would get knocked down and for most intent, was ruled out of the game, but he always came back swinging. When he first ran for mayor of Palm Springs no one gave him a second thought, but he made it and he did it more than once. He ran successfully for Congress and was elected from his district.
Sonny Bono was possibly the King of fresh starts.
So late in the day, I think about a new start, what it is that I would want to do in this late period of my life. As I have been fortunate to have done just about everything that I ever set out to do, this is somewhat problematic for me, I have a decision to make and it is not an easy thing for me to do.
I had always dreamed of skiing the French Alps but a bad accident in 1991 blew out my knee and two surgeries and 18 months of physical therapy kind of put that one to rest. An accident changed the course of my ship of state, an accident that effectively ended my thoughts of ever skiing again. It also ended my railroad career, such as it was, and started me on a entirely new journey in life. Often we are forced into a new fresh start in life by circumstances, things out of our control and there isn’t much choice in the matter.
You just suck it up and start off anew.
Been looking for a sign, running thru the rain, shiver to the bone, but I still cannot shake the pain. Been looking for a sign, lying on the ground, what did I do today, well, I can’t remember now. I am just trying to survive, best way I know how, my heart just keeps on wanting, don’t give up on me now, and it might drive me a little crazy, that is what keeps me alive, living makes it clear, that I am going to end up right here, just trying to stay alive.
I won’t stay down long, I will be back in the end, I live and learn to smile, I will do it all again.
Sometimes in the quiet part of the day, when the pressure has subsided and there is time to let your hair down, do you secretly wish for something? What might that wish or item be? Do you as most folks wish for one more fresh start in life, one more chance to do it over again, and this time, swear to get it right.
The longing of the human heart.
So assuming that you have made this far, you are wondering about the dumpster? The dumpster is my one wish in life. I have times where I could just call up the dumpster guy’s, Acme Dumpsters LLC, and have them truck one out to the house. I would then spend about two and one-half days throwing all this trash of man that I have collected over the years into the dumpster, then load up and head out. That would be my dream, my secret wish. To just load up and drive off into the proverbial sunset of life ……
Happy Trails
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