Weather- or Not...
I know Forrest Gump said that Life is like a box of chocolates, but for me, living in the Piedmont of North Carolina, Life is like the weather: we never know what's going to happen and when it does, we're usually not happy with it. Kind of like "Life"... So much of what happens to us is truly and totally out of our control. People disappoint or delight. Jobs are fulfilling or dead boring- or cease to exist. Friends betray or are true-blue. The trip for which we had been planning and saving for the past year is a mixed bag of "Wow!" and "Oh, no, enough already," or "Is that all there is?" And our bodies- even our bodies, that which is closest to us, that which houses our essence- sag and bag, work well occasionally, but also tire more easily and just aren't as flexible as they once were. And when you roll out of bed in the morning, you're never quite sure which you'll be dealing with: a well-oiled machine or a ...