Just for Meredith
I've been reading an excellent book lately by Earl Nightingale. If you've never heard or read anything by this man, you're depriving yourself of a real treat. As you read what he has to say, you think to yourself, "that could be me, I know it could, but how?" You find yourself asking questions you didn't think were necessary, but that you find out are.
One comment he makes is that old friends are like old clothes. There comes a time when they, too, become ragged and worn and their measurements no longer fit you. This is the time to say goodbye to them. Not, perhaps, aloud, but in your mind is sufficient.
I've been catching myself asking my friend if he remembers certain people from High School. He looks at me like I'm crazy, and moves on to something else. I think he understood the lesson Mr. Nightingale was getting at.
Now, before I get any questions, if you're reading this blog, you aren't one of the friendships I'm thinking of. I love and value you all so much. It's just interesting for me to think of all the old relationships I used to have, and how much I've been trying to hold on to those. I suppose I'm one of those people who unconsciously kicks and claws my way into change, though consciously I know it's inevitable.
Well, now for my list of things I'm thankful for.
1. To know my Father in Heaven
2. To have been born into the Gospel of Jesus Christ, because I don't think I'm faithful enough to have come to it on my own.
3. Good friends who love and support me.
4. Dreams as big as the starry night sky
5. My present and future education
6. To live in an age where information flows at the speed of light
7. Love, in all it's many facets
8. Family
9. The solace that only comes with dreaming
10. A car with a full tank of gas (ask me about this sometime if you're interested)
11. Gutenberg and the printing press.
12. The science of physics and her heroes, Sir Issac Newton, Daniel Bernoulli, and all the others.
13. The founding fathers, and their bravery to commit high treason
14. My talents and abilities
15. Good books
16. Free internet
17. My laptop
18. My Freedom
19. The Book of Mormon
20. The Bible
Just a few of my favorite blessings. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone, I hope you're all as blessed as I am, and deserve them more than I do.
One comment he makes is that old friends are like old clothes. There comes a time when they, too, become ragged and worn and their measurements no longer fit you. This is the time to say goodbye to them. Not, perhaps, aloud, but in your mind is sufficient.
I've been catching myself asking my friend if he remembers certain people from High School. He looks at me like I'm crazy, and moves on to something else. I think he understood the lesson Mr. Nightingale was getting at.
Now, before I get any questions, if you're reading this blog, you aren't one of the friendships I'm thinking of. I love and value you all so much. It's just interesting for me to think of all the old relationships I used to have, and how much I've been trying to hold on to those. I suppose I'm one of those people who unconsciously kicks and claws my way into change, though consciously I know it's inevitable.
Well, now for my list of things I'm thankful for.
1. To know my Father in Heaven
2. To have been born into the Gospel of Jesus Christ, because I don't think I'm faithful enough to have come to it on my own.
3. Good friends who love and support me.
4. Dreams as big as the starry night sky
5. My present and future education
6. To live in an age where information flows at the speed of light
7. Love, in all it's many facets
8. Family
9. The solace that only comes with dreaming
10. A car with a full tank of gas (ask me about this sometime if you're interested)
11. Gutenberg and the printing press.
12. The science of physics and her heroes, Sir Issac Newton, Daniel Bernoulli, and all the others.
13. The founding fathers, and their bravery to commit high treason
14. My talents and abilities
15. Good books
16. Free internet
17. My laptop
18. My Freedom
19. The Book of Mormon
20. The Bible
Just a few of my favorite blessings. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone, I hope you're all as blessed as I am, and deserve them more than I do.
posted by Matt at 5:41 AM
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