Life is filled with good and bad. The bad seems oftentimes to come out of left field, so to speak. We’re just walking along, minding our own business and WHAMMY! we get knocked to our butts. Bad. And then there’s the good. The sometimes unexpected, sometimes glorious, always uplifting good things. And there’s joy in the good.
There was a lot of good involved in last weekend, and a fair share of bad as well… The bad category must be reduced to generalities and must not be allowed much blog space as it is, well, bad, and my blog hates badness. Here goes: arthritis, relationship problems, cold weather, suppression of good, heartache, kidney stones and sorrow.
Good:
– God’s green earth… tulips and daffodils, weeding and removing winter’s leaves from the flower beds, sunshine, pansies, the opening of garden centers across the city
– Friends… who are back from Iraq and reunited with their families, who work with me every day and can enjoy a night of fun together, who love “Alias”, who have procreated very entertaining children, who live next door to me and are so wonderfully grand, who worship with me in spirit and in truth every Sunday morning, who are married to me (that should be “who IS married to me” as I am married to but one man)
– Games… Outburst, Catch Phrase and Mexican Train Dominoes (good for groups), and Settlers of Cattan (for 2-4 players)
Cling to what is good, hate what is evil. Today the sunshine reigns and happiness prevails. There is much to be thankful for in my life.
12 Comments
Renae Mar 30, 2004 5:59 PM
I missed a game of Settlers?? Noooo! ARG!!
I needed this blog today as it has been MIXED, I tell you, mixed. I shouldn’t be surprised by that by now, but I always am…
Thanks for perspective. You are very dear, Rebecca.
rt Mar 30, 2004 6:04 PM
today has been MIXED for me, too, renae! so often mixed…
guess what though? jeremy bought settlers last week — we own it! yay!! wanna come over soon? i’ll call you… no, i’ll chuck something at your bedroom window… when we play next. : )
charity Mar 30, 2004 9:50 PM
other good things…
– friends letting us borrow the second of the preciouses
– good mail days
– afternoon naps
– new magazines
– a haircut
– good conversation on the porch
– when the extrovert joins us
just a few…
rt Mar 30, 2004 10:13 PM
what can i say? this extrovert reserves a special love for the introverts in her life!
dena Mar 30, 2004 10:28 PM
So, RT, you seem to be one who’s mood is quite swayed by weather… does that connect to one of the “E-S-F-J” qualities? If so, it does not apply to me. I am almost never affected by weather- mood-wise, at least. In fact, I especially love a good cool, cloudy day!
bethany Mar 30, 2004 10:43 PM
i’m an INFP and i think that the weather does hold sway over my mood to a degree. so i don’t think it’s an ESFJ thing….who knows what it’s due to? : )
rt Mar 30, 2004 10:49 PM
i don’t think the mood/weather connection is personality-related either. every so often i appreciate a rainy day… and i love snow at the start of the winter season. i totally have S.A.D. — never diagnosed, i just know i must have it!
bethany Mar 31, 2004 8:15 AM
You’re self-diagnosed, like Joyce in American Splendor.
Joycer: I’m a self-diagnosed anemic.
Harvey: Wow, you’re a sick woman.
Joyce: Not yet, but I expect to be.
rt Mar 31, 2004 8:30 AM
yes! great application of a quote, b. you made me laugh out loud this morning. : ) i loves them koenigs…
rt Mar 31, 2004 8:34 AM
one for the bad list: penis enlargment spam on my blog. BOO HISS!
bethany Mar 31, 2004 1:04 PM
yeah, what is up with that? i’ve never seen spam on comments before. though i did get some text message spam the other day on my cell phone.
it makes me think of waiting for guffman, with ron and sheila never having been out of blair, except when they went to st. jo’s for ron’s penis reduction surgery. heh. what a good movie.
rt Apr 1, 2004 6:31 PM
i have seen spam on other bloggers’ comment sections. i laughed out loud tonight when “penis enlargement” said i have a nice site, then silently cussed at the annoying spammers. grrrr…