Today I had one of those magical moments where I found the answer to my own thoughts and prayers in someone else's words. I was reading my friend Todd's blog, and it near about floored me. He was writing about the way history tends to repeat itself, and said, "So my friends, don't be surprised if 2009 ends the way it started or if a semester comes to a close in the same fashion it began. The trick of it all is to learn from the often symmetrical journey and be better for it." Holy Cow. For me, 2009 is ending nearly exactly the way it started. I started 2009 with uncertainty and excitement, along with a fair amount of heartbreak and angst. It's been a year full of ups and downs, lessons, strange romances, wrenching of guts, and newly discovered strengths and weaknesses. And yet somehow, I'm ending the year where I started it. Same uncertainty and excitement, albeit about different people and events. And, unexpectedly, the exact same feelings of ang...
Oh, but you do excel at making beautiful music! The concert last night was absolutely stunning. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThat's okay. Nobody likes homework machines. Unless they bought one... that does their homework so that they don't have to. Then people would like them. But not them, exactly. Only having them, for the sake of having them do their homework. Which is boring.
ReplyDeleteIn other words, that's okay. You don't have to be a homework machine.
yeah... I'm kinda tired. What else is new :)
Tasha-that made my day. You are great!
ReplyDeleteMike-I'm glad you still like me, even though I'm not a homework machine. Even when my inefficiency means that you probably get to spend tonight watching me write a paper.