A Special Day....Is It A New Beginning?


The winter solstice was yesterday, the daylight hours are the year's shortest, the winter solstice is also the time of the longest night. Now the days start to get longer. I like (smile). I think maybe I am solar powered because I always seem to have lots of energy in the light of the sunshine. When the days are shorter, I get a little droopy. The Winter Solstice is in the rearview mirror. Things are destined to seem better, I feel more energized already.

This morning I found a very special e-mail tucked away in my mailbox. In it a gentleman, someone whom I have barely spent any time making his aquaintance, wrote that I was the one good thing to happen in what had been a most unfortunate year. It was a surprise and a heart touching way to begin the day.

Today I seem especially blessed to be aware, to take notice of sound bites, positive thought provoking messages and reminders.

Watching Ed Harris on the actor's studio he said ..."When you are listening, really engrossed in listening to someone, you can't pay attention to your own voices. You aren't listening to yourself." Exactly, that is why I love listening to other people talk about their lives and enjoy their stories. I hadn't really realized it before.

When I got in the car to run some errands, Diana Ross was singing on the radio. The lyrics said, "It's my turn with no more room for lies. For years I've seen my life through someone else's eyes. And now it's my turn to try and find my way. And if I should get lost at least I'll own today.
It's my turn. Yes, it's my turn and there ain't no use in holding on when nothing stays the same."

I went to the movies and saw "Two Weeks Notice." It is a fun movie. I liked it very much. During the previews someone in one of the upcoming movies turned and said, "Why do you try so hard to fit in when you were obviously born to stand out?"

The Titans won again. Nine games out of the last ten. AFC Southern Conference Champs. After a rocky start they seem to be the team to beat.

A very interesting day indeed.