The Low Point

Long weeks and longer weekends.

Old and dear family members sick and dying, people making stupid decisions, the fear of upsetting someone freezing everyone into silence, but wait, there is a bright spot. Beth is doing well, AK is happy and pregnant, Jackson thinks that as long as baseball is a game that the world is right, and Libba still lets me stay here. Both girls are married to great guys, and I have a job, at least through tomorrow.

Hey life is good!!!!

I don't know how I will do with this blog thing, but I will give it a try.

Let me ask some questions:

1) If you start any statement with "God told me" is it right?

2) Is it bad to always be looking forward to a day past tomorrow? I know, that needs explaination. Is it bad to be more excited about a time that is months from now, than to be excited about tomorrow?

3) In a close family, is it required that there be some conflict to allow everyone to go on their own path?

4) Does anyone else buy a lottery ticket just for the value of imagining winning?

5) Am I wrong to include quotes from movies and TV shows in the way that I rationalize things, along with scripture and the values that I have been taught?

6) Is it a universial truth that "You can't save them all"?

I think the answers are NO, NO, YES, YES, NO, YES.

The only substantial happiness is from your family and that is where the real grief will come from. Your values need to be rooted in scripture and common sense. At the end of the day, to quote "The Big B", that is where the game is played, all of the other is noise that is happening off the court.

If I do this again, and I make no promises, I will not be so dark. I am a very happy guy. I am just going through a time that requires some reflection.