Here we are in this cycle of a thing called life. It doesn’t stop, some just get of from time to time, while others get on, some more than once. So while you’re in it, be in it. In fact be in the minute because that’s truly all you have. Some wise dude told me once, and I paraphrase and refry…
Your guilt and regrets rise up out of your past only in your mind, choking out your enjoyment in the now. Your anxiety and fears reach back from an anticipated illusion called future, and stifle your dreams in the present. All you really have at the moment is the moment, so you might as well be right there in it. Yes we puff and plan, strategize and shift into gear for go, but as ole Johnny said, (Steinbeck) “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” So don’t go around laying heavy plans with rats.
It’s Black History month, African-American Heritage season, and so forth. On March first, guess what…