I am my niece's OTHER double-knotted shoelace...

Just one of those days
Ever have one of those not-so-fresh, got-up-on-the-wrong-side, woke-up-from-a strange-dream, didn't-get-to-eat-breakfast, kind of day? Well, that's today for me...The day has not started out so well...I accidentally turned off my alarm this morning thinking that I was already awake, only to find myself already an-hour-and-a-half late for work!!! Plus my back is STILL hurting, i think the pain has dwindled a bit, but it still hurts like hell. So I get to work late...and remember about the daunting task of a project the gave to me for the next few weeks...and I've accomplished lil to nothing so far. PLUS, I MISSED DONUT DAY THIS MORNING BECAUSE I CAME IN LATE!!!!!!!! ARRRRRRRRRRGH!!!

Deep Breath **sigh**

But I look forward to the day, nonetheless, because when you're at the bottom, there's only one way to look...up. Someone's bound to say something to me sooner or later and totally make me smile and change my dismal lil outlook.
So someone....please...make me smile :)

Perspective
Weekly bible study last night brought about the simple conclusion that happiness is all about perspective. Thanks to the help fo C.M.L and T.D.J, I was reminded how grateful I should be for all that I have. We all tend to neglect the fact that we should just be content with having clothes on our backs and food on the table...and everything else is just a blessing. It's all a matter of perspective, wearing the right glasses, if you will. When you have the basics, everything else comes naturally...

Reading Labels
Now that we're talking about simple conclusions, I got into an interesting debate...although it was with myself (I know what you're thinking...shut it) this morning on the simplicities of life. Is it possible that life is is as simple as reading labels? When shopping...reading the labels is probably one of the very important things that, more often than not, are glossed over and neglected. The truly meticulous and wary shopper reads all labels and therefore is a little better off...right? So with life...and I mean all life...and usually, when I say all life...what else can I possibly be talking about other than relationships...and this is friendship, family, and even romance. Do you think that you can avoid messy situations if you just 'read the labels'? I mean, every individual comes w/ a set of labels...which can easily be read through interaction. If you take a second to read these labels...then drama would never insue...right? Ha ha ha...too bad it's not that easy. Sometimes, the labels are blurred, or some other dumb shopper ripped it off...or maybe you're not wearing your glasses, there are times when you don't even understand what the label is trying to tell you(i.e, what the hell is Mono-Sodium-Glutemate?). So that brings me to my conclusion...life can NOT be as easy as reading labels. If it were...I'd be so much better off...but I'm not...he he he...oh well, I thought I had some brilliant analogy for understanding relationships...I guess it's just an analogy then.

"We do not remember days, we remember moments."
-Cesare Pavese