Inspiration comes from strange places sometimes. Tonight it was from the post by preacherman, The Eagle's, "Learn To Be Still."
I suppose I may be in a strange place myself, lately. I don't know whether to turn into the wind or away from it--but that song really got to me.
I remember so well, sitting in my rented place a few years ago and listening to this song. No matter how "good" I was feeling at the time (make your own interpretation here) I would end up finally feeling that swing into the real me.
Is your glass half empty, or half full?
What a simple question that needs answering. Sometimes my glass got too full of things that needed dumping down the sink of my life, and I just needed the clarity and focus that would prompt me to get to that point of dumping the garbage from my "glass of life."
When you are holding onto things that in your heart you know are bad for you, but you don't listen to your heart, the glass just keeps getting fuller and fuller----then over-flowing----with the very things that are drowning you in pain.
Sometimes you have to take stock, spill out a few things that are poisoning your soul, and leave some room for a few things that might fill up that glass with something a little less toxic.
Ever have an auto mechanic tell you that you need to "bleed the lines?"
(helps with the braking process)
I deleted a few of the lines I have heard. It wasn't easy, it wasn't pleasant, and it wasn't cheap.
But you have to know when to filter out the bad, leave room for some good that might come, and always remember that to keep moving forward with some control, sometimes you have to think about what someone is really saying--and take a surgical cut to those "lines."
I could tell you the exact moment I realized this-- but that's most likely another post on down the line.....
