Glory Days

I had a friend was a big baseball player back in high school
He could throw that speedball by you
Make you look like a fool boy
Saw him the other night at this roadside bar I was walking inand he was walking out
We went back inside sat down, had a few drinks butall he kept talking about wasCHORUS:
Glory days well they'll pass you by
Glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye
Glory days, glory days
There's a girl that lives up the block back in schoolshe could turn all the boys' heads
Sometimes on a Friday I'll stop by and have a few drinksafter she put her kids to bed
Her and her husband Bobby well they split up
I guess it's two years gone by now
We just sit around talking about the old times,she says when she feels like crying she starts laughing thinking about
Think I'm going down to the well tonight and I'm going to drinktill I get my fill
And I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about itbut I probably will
Yeah just sitting back trying to recapture a little of the glory of,but time slips away and leaves you with nothing mister butboring stories of glory daysBruce Springsteen Glory Days

Recent suicide should spark overhaul of a crumbling system

Recent suicide should spark overhaul of a crumbling system

Change

Change. We all want to change something at some point. Whether it be the organization that we work for or the haircut that we have. Some changes are difficult to bring about and some are a natural progression. Some happen without even trying. Some happen with great effort.

Making personal changes to our habits and character is something that can be both instantaneous and a lifetime journey. In my life – change is more of a lifetime journey than an instantaneous event. If only it could happen now! That would be something to bottle and sell! Change in a bottle. Drink this and you will be instantly changed into the person you want to be. But the reality is, that most of the changes that we need to make to become successful people are of the “lifetime journey” variety.

Those slow moving changes are the ones that become the bane of our existence. It is the thing that we are constantly working on and see little or no improvement (Or so we are told!). Sometimes I feel like my life and character is like Mount Rushmore. It took years of painstaking work to carve out the mountain into something/someone who represents greatness. It is that same kind of patient work that is required of ourselves in order to shape our lives and characters into something great!
So be of good courage and know that the work you do on self-improvement is not in vain! You may not see the greatness of your life yet but it is coming. Be patient and keep your nose to the stone. Don’t give up because that change you want to happen will come. And with God’s help all things are posssible!

Patience

Friendship is Investment

I have been thinking about friendship again lately. There are a number of things that have coalesced in my universe to make me ponder the mystery that is friendship. I am reminded of someone who I was very close to for a few years that has simply dropped off the map in my life these days. This person probably does not even think about me for even a millisecond. That is how far that I have dropped off their radar. And yet I still think about him and the friendship we shared that at one time seemed so very important to me. I think it is sad we have gone our separate ways. I think its hurtful that so much that was invested now simply lies dormant. At one time we were connected at the hip and now we live in the same city and don’t call each other. Some might say – well get off your butt and give him a call! You take responsibility for the friendship. But it isn’t that simple.
Friendship is a two way street. One can be a friend to someone else, but that does not mean they are friends. Friendship happens when we invest in each other. He obviously does not want to invest in it given that he has had many opportunities to do so and has chosen not to. While I think that is sad and disappointing I realize that it is his choice. I am reminded of the old adage that we “invest in what we care about”. I cared and invested and he did/does not invest and therefore does not care. It was a hard reality that I had to face. Friends come and friends go. And sometimes they were never really your friend in the first place.

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