Trite and True

"Today is the first day of the rest of your life..." Yep, true...the first time I really heard that and let the implications sink in...it felt profound...I didn't have to worry about what was or had been...I didn't have to repeat the mistakes of the past...I could go forward...with a clean slate and optimism...I felt hopeful, alive...the world was my oyster...I wanted everyone to share in that feeling...all I had to say to them was, "Today is the first day of the rest of your life" they loved it and repeated it...that was 1974...I wonder if today is the first day of the rest of my life? Hummm...maybe....

"You can't change the past..." Yep, true, or the variation, "You can't change what's past, and all the worrying in the world won't matter..." Yep, "Worrying, IS the interest on borrowed trouble...", remember that one? Maybe, a little less trite...but true none the less...worrying is the interest on borrowed trouble, but that's just a saying until you really get it...We often think if we worry about it enough it'll help...it doesn't...but then repeating trite sayings probably won't help either...discovering that all your worry was for nothing is often a great feeling....

"Life goes on, until it doesn't..." or "Shit happens and then you die..." yep, true...I can remember the comfort, and the ballsy in your face sense of embracing those two...Kinda, buck up, it's just the way it is...sorta thing...not bad some times....

"Nothing exists forever..." Yep, true...is nothing...something? Because if it were something and it existed forever then something would exist forever and that something is "Nothing" "NO THING exists forever"...so if you become NO THING you will exist forever...EST was big with that one..."everything/nothing"...comforting to be part of the everything/nothing continuum....

"Be Here Now..."the Past is the Past..."Tomorrow will never come..." Yep, true...If you're struggling with something, you probably need to bring your consciousness into the NOW...trite and true...When you let go of the past and surrender your fears of the future you can begin to "live in the NOW..."...be here...now...experience the love you have and the love you have to give...be present to listen, reflect, share and dream...all the things that make us who we are today...be gentle with yourself, love the one's you're with, cheer wildly for your side, whatever that might be; and celebrate the moment, until next time, I remain...Respectfully Yours, Larry

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