Express Yourself
Sipping on my steam hot Lipton's Yellow Label tea...and listening to "Precious Lamb of God"....I'm reflecting on yesterday and yesteryear in the stillness of the early morn...V-Day is over and it's all said and done now...it's another day--a brand new day... and do we still capture the spirit of yesterday...does life continue with those same special feelings...special preparations...the cards...the chocolates...not just the ordinary dinner...well it should...as real and true love inspires, cares, creates and recreates...
What are we...especially single people...if it were not for memories...of yesteryear...and if your life is anything like mine...you have quite a few memories in which to smile about...don't get me wrong I have memories that I try not to think about...you could tell those times, the vein in my forehead pops right out visibly...lol...
Sometimes we as humans...surprise ourselves and step out of character and do things which we will not ordinarily do...and it surprises not only you but the receiptient(s) for whom it was intended...one such time happened to me on July 31, 2002...a dear friend and love sent me and his close friends this email...
"I must be crazy or really have felt something when I read this. Either way, I've gone against my norm and distributed it to those of you whom I care for."
Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end,
Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it, a year is gone.
And I never see my old friends face,
For life is a swift and terrible race,
He knows I like him just as well,
As in the days when I rang his bell.
And he rang mine, we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men.
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name.
"Tomorrow" I say "I will call on Jim"
"Just to show that I'm thinkging of him."
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
And distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner! - yet miles away,
"Here's a telegram sir" "Jim died today."
And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
"Remember to always say what you mean. If you love someone, tell them. Don't be afraid to express yourself. Reach out and tell someone what they mean to you. Because when you decide that it is the right time it might be too late. Seize the day. Never have regrets. And most importantly, stay close to your friends and family, for they have helped make you the person that your are today."
This came as quite a surprise to me and I'm sure to all his other friends listed...as this brother...never expressed his feelings...although you knew deep down he cared...he used his actions to speak for him...he turned the tables on my impression of him...we dated seriously and this was a breakthrough for us in "our time"... I was having serious doubts about moving forward...but just like that...we can revolutionize (as savvy101 told me yesterday) our situations and those of others by stepping out of the box...surprise someone today...tomorrow...or the next...but do something out of the ordinary...EXPRESS YOURSELF
What are we...especially single people...if it were not for memories...of yesteryear...and if your life is anything like mine...you have quite a few memories in which to smile about...don't get me wrong I have memories that I try not to think about...you could tell those times, the vein in my forehead pops right out visibly...lol...
Sometimes we as humans...surprise ourselves and step out of character and do things which we will not ordinarily do...and it surprises not only you but the receiptient(s) for whom it was intended...one such time happened to me on July 31, 2002...a dear friend and love sent me and his close friends this email...
"I must be crazy or really have felt something when I read this. Either way, I've gone against my norm and distributed it to those of you whom I care for."
Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end,
Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it, a year is gone.
And I never see my old friends face,
For life is a swift and terrible race,
He knows I like him just as well,
As in the days when I rang his bell.
And he rang mine, we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men.
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name.
"Tomorrow" I say "I will call on Jim"
"Just to show that I'm thinkging of him."
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
And distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner! - yet miles away,
"Here's a telegram sir" "Jim died today."
And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
"Remember to always say what you mean. If you love someone, tell them. Don't be afraid to express yourself. Reach out and tell someone what they mean to you. Because when you decide that it is the right time it might be too late. Seize the day. Never have regrets. And most importantly, stay close to your friends and family, for they have helped make you the person that your are today."
This came as quite a surprise to me and I'm sure to all his other friends listed...as this brother...never expressed his feelings...although you knew deep down he cared...he used his actions to speak for him...he turned the tables on my impression of him...we dated seriously and this was a breakthrough for us in "our time"... I was having serious doubts about moving forward...but just like that...we can revolutionize (as savvy101 told me yesterday) our situations and those of others by stepping out of the box...surprise someone today...tomorrow...or the next...but do something out of the ordinary...EXPRESS YOURSELF
posted by Da Jardin at 1:26 AM
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I read the poem...Wow!
As a single person, I did some reflection on the positivity of V-Day...even when I gathered with my other single friends for dinner, we had a ball just laughing at ourselves on some of the happenings on V-Day in the past.
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