Red+Blue=Purple

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Past, present and future all seem to collide together in this blurred sensation we call life. Nothing is ever really the past as it keeps coming up in the future and we spend far too much time preparing for the future to enjoy the present. The present seems to be a state of nonexistence, much like tomorrow, it never seems to come. As quickly as we are in the present it becomes the past and while we are there we were probably looking towards the future. We think, agonize, and dwell on the whos, haves and have nots from our past so much that it effects our future choices. Not only do we think about these things but we actually care about them. I remember a time, long before the internet, when things we simpler and our hearts were still unbroken. Everything from the past eventually heals but, as with a broken bone, it never heals perfectly. There remains a small imperfection which compromises the stability of our structure, making us more fragile in future falls. So we work hard, strengthen our core and build up as much resistance against impact as possible. There are those things which we care about, which seem so important and significant that we forget to step back and outside of ourselves. We forget to see the bigger picture of what's going on around us, in our immediate world, and that beyond us. We care about past relationships and where they are now, we care about things we wish we had done differently or things we wish we could have done at all. We care about money lost and money spent, money saved and money lent. We care about all of these things and we torture ourselves trying to control that which only higher powers of fate have authority over. We let it ruin our moment our day or even our week and it seems SO important. It seems so important until something shocks us out of it and we are forced out of ourselves for a moment. Like my dear friend from college welcoming her beautiful baby boy into the world. A wonderful young couple experiencing a happiness I am sure I have not even come close to rivalling yet. At this moment we are in the present, the past does not matter, and the future can wait and we can just smile and be happy for those we love.
Big Red Kisses to the happy new family back home, you’ve made my day!


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