crazy? or finally sane...

I read a line somewhere recently that said something like, it's only when you go through the realization that your days on earth are numbered that you truly begin to live each day to its fullest. Something along the lines of this has happened to me in the recent past. Basic thoughts that i've know my whole life, such as- no one lives forever... have all of a sudden been put in bold italics and underlined in my head. Things that never seemed important to me, or things that I have thought could wait have suddenly changed on my priority list. I realized I've never seen my 10 year old cousin play basket ball...and his team is amazing, so I've heard. He travels all over and even got to go to Disney world with his team. I don't think i even had a reason for not going. So i went on Saturday and he was amazing. I also see my goddaughter and other cousins only a couple of times a year, and they live in Milwaukee. Needless to say i bought some art projects and took the drive up today and spent the afternoon getting schooled in Wii by a six year old. It was great.

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A few months back, in the middle of a venting rant about a person...I was told, this conversation is not worth taking up yours or my time right now.

And it was simple and true.

The more i think about it, the more that simple concept seems can be applied to so many things- while the opposite can be so true as well.

example:
Me complaining that my sister used up the gas in our car. - Not worth my time to fight about.
Me never seeing my cousins.- TOTALLY worth my time to do something about.


I can't stop reading and my thoughts have never been so weird in my life. Thats all.