erica’s secret to happiness…
i was just reading this fantastic post by erica, one of my favorite reads. what a wonderful post. i left her a comment about people thinking that only sick people are gonna bite it soon. you know what? we don’t have that long. there might not be a to-morrow. or someone you love might not be around to-morrow. so don’t spend your time being a self-consumed, phony dork. be proud of who you are and what you love and what you do, no matter what it is. in the long run, it doesn’t matter what other people think of you. no one is on their deathbed wishing they had more money, or were cooler, or thinner…i hope not anyway. it would really stink to finally “get it” when you were about to croak.
on that happy note, i am going to try to read a bit and unwind. i am either sleeping or feeling gross. i think i am having mediation issues again. aaargh. i will not let that stop me from making a ridiculous amount of stuff, though. nope.
xo
n.
Zeeppo said,
December 23, 2006 @ 9:55 am
I spent a good part of my life in the hospital and I have not bit the dust yet. Healthy people take their health for granted. Besides more people die of old age and accidents daily than dies of illness in this country.
Tala said,
December 23, 2006 @ 11:07 am
Thanks for sharing your own thoughts and erica’s. I have a very hard time sometimes appreciating how lucky I am. We’re always broke, and can’t afford to move into a nicer home in a nicer neighborhood, but we’re broke because I get to stay home raising my lovely daughter, who drives me to drink sometimes, but if I were working, I would miss out on how cute she is when she wants to cuddle on my lap, or how she dances around to her favorite movies, or how groovy she looks in her rainbow-striped footie pajamas. Thanks!
(oh, and thanks for the tripod tip! I’ll have to try it!)
Lynn said,
December 23, 2006 @ 1:30 pm
My philosophy exactly. I say thanks every day for every minute and I marvel constantly at the mysteriousness of it all. It’s good to be here. It’s also good to be here with all the other people that are here in this moment. Like you!
natasha said,
December 24, 2006 @ 1:52 am
zeeps! i had no idea you had such health issues.
natasha said,
December 24, 2006 @ 1:55 am
amanda, it is easy to get absorbed in all of that stuff. everyone does (except for rich people, of course) my hubby is a worrier (not that i am not) and sometimes i tell him that there is just no point in stressing about things you have no control over, it is a waste of energy.
when your daughter grows up, she will remember what a wonderful mama she has (just like lynn’s daughter must!) and not that she didn’t have a certain barbie, or whatever toy of the moment.
the tripod can make a crappy camera into a nice one. i swear! and also, if you go to strobist.blogspot.com there are all sorts of tips and tricks including how to built a light tent for a few bucks. good stuff!
natasha said,
December 24, 2006 @ 1:56 am
lynn, i am so glad you are here! it is hard to ignore all of the crap, but life is pretty good. i must say.