Silence

“Do not speak unless you can improve the silence” - an old proverb

Someone said something like - "I often regret the things I've said, but rarely the things I left unsaid" - I can't find the quote right now. Of course unsaid "I love yous" are sad - but in the heat of the moment of anger or disagreement, silence is often our best friend. It takes silence to be a good listener. It takes silence to be a good observer, a good student, and often it takes silence to be a good friend or partner.

Stop, listen, see, smell, learn, ponder and soak in what's out there to be found.

The Truth

What is the truth? I live in a condo and have a neighbor who's dog is tearing up the back yard - killing a young tree by chewing on it, etc. I think he's a bad neighbor who's bringing down the property values. The association has sited him a couple of times and he feels he's done nothing wrong and is being picked on. After all he doesn't mind the half dead lawn and his ripped up door. Whose right? The truth is probably somewhere in the middle. Why, because we both really think we're right. From our perspectives we are. So we're both right and both wrong. ????

We go to the same church and have little if any chance to understand each other. So what chance does the world have? Little it would seem. But somehow we co-exist here in the US in some semblance of peace. It's been better in past years, and I wish it were better now. What's the solution? Who knows? It's a weird weird world.

Getting Started

Someone told me I should start a blog. They thought it would be interesting to read the things I think about sometimes. Well, life's weird. But it's all interesting at the same time. Wonderful and horrible too. So here goes. I'm setting up shop tonight and will try to do some basic layout and work on things as I go. I'll start with a picture of my sister and I when we were little. Guess which one I am. Life just got weirder after this. Someday I'll write some notes about it.