Well, we made it through the birthday wishes, eh? Yeah, I turned 58 a few days ago. Big deal. But it is another year. Birthday wishes are a fleeting moment, but I grok the reasons why people consider it to be such a special day. For me, its just another day…but for others its far more important. Its a period of believing in the importance of the day. Looking at the point of the day when one is born, and celebrating that day to the nth degree, I grok it. I don’t agree, but I grok it. So, I passed my 58th year on this earth, Yah.

I could spend time here talking about Presidential elections, or my health concerns as a passing reminder of what seems more important. But is the Presidential election more important? Maybe to others. Not to me. Whether Donnie is going to get tossed in jail or pardon himself…I could care less. My health concerns play a much greater role in my life. But those are my concerns. My worries. What do they mean to someone else? Not much, of course.

Sure, I could spend mounds and mounds of time sitting here whinging on and on about my failing health. I could whine for days on end about it. But that’s not the point. Rather, I could spend hours upon hours talking about the relationships I have with others. I could bore you so easily on the intricacies of friendships. I could spend hours talking about the relationships I have with others. Because that’s what I’ve felt my life has become. I could bore you so easily on the intricacies of the relationships I have with others. I won’t. but I certainly can.

What gives you the power to get up every morning? What gives you the oomph to make it through a tough day? Well, that’s a different answer for every single person. Including me A few years back…my answer would have been different. A few years from now…who knows what my answer would be. But for right now…my answer is simple. Its the relationships that I have. Even with people that I parted on bad terms with. My memories aren’t on the things that spoiled our relationships. My memories are on the good times that we had. The times where we smiled, and had the grandest of times. That’s the memories I imagine…even if those kind of memories never have the chance to occur again.

So, that’s the thought for the day. I have no idea what the future will hold. I hope its a good one. But if its not, we have our past. There’s always that…

–Tommy /|\