A Monday in June

I arrived home this evening, prior I was getting groceries, and while at the check out I bought a magazine, as most of you know was about this country singer named Kenny Chesney.  He is a tremendous artist and the story was more about what he had gone through within a period of his life.  It’s not often that I get that time to just sit back and read.  While getting groceries and at the checkout, I looked at the cover and aside from all the topics which I don’t really take to as it’s all about celebrities saying something and then next thing you know it was all just said but not the truth.  Not all but seem for a good portion out there in celebrity land.  Later you find that all the areas of there life exposed.  Chesney – sure he is rich and is one of the top country singers out there right now.  It was about how he was happy being a bachelor.  I guess when you have the income that he does – why wouldn’t you be happy.  But he found himself after a divorce with an actress – I forget her name, but it seemed to be interesting.  I think that he came from nothing and made something of himself.  I like a few of his songs, but the interesting part was on how he has learned something after a loss.  We all do go through that.  I find that there are some that have learned over time, some have learned over loss, and some have just been groomed or lived in a manner that something has gone right. 

I had a situation like last winter where my car completely went on me.  And then I ended up having another situation with another vehicle.  I went to a large car repair chain told that I needed a new motor.  I thought to myself here we go again. 

I called a friend that owns his own shop and he is one of the few now here in this end of the city that is an independent.  Terri is his name he is 50 years of age and had 15 gas service stations and then for some reason he had to shut them all down.  I was at his service station at 7am and rather than an engine replacement being necessary, it only needed a few things.  If forget the name of the one main part, along with only a few seals needing to be replaced.  It cost some but it was not time to buy another vehicle.

I caught the time to an article and then I received a call from a gentleman that owns a very large company.  While right now I am awaiting to see what happens with something very special with the airport authority several things seemed to happen after getting home.  So from 7pm till now I was doing some other work.

I always love to head out on the porch and just watch things and I write on various things, walking by the television and seeing what is going on with the election in the USA, turning quickly to the weather channel while I grab a bite and see what the forecast is going to be. And then I get into that mindset of writing.  Of course Mondays are Mondays and it’s the time where it’s all work.  But I come on here and think of a few things to write on.  One very good friend of mine that I have not seen since went on my own retreat back 9 months ago was my friend Syd.  We were talking and we were talking about several things.  He lives in a city called Calgary and he used to be in a band I had when I was younger.  We talked about several things, and he asked me how I see things now.  And I told him that I see things much different, I indicated what came about with my father, and then he asked me if I was religious.  I told him what I feel about that and he said that he lives an ordinary life and with his wife and family he found himself after he lost his business.  He works for a company that sells bread across this country.  I asked him about all this religion and how far he takes it.  He said that he does not take it as serious as I probably assume.  He said that he just knows that there is something about faith.  It always left me thinking much differently of Syd, as I never knew he had that feeling with things and much like myself we are moderate in what we believe in – but we are both on the same page when it comes to respect.  It was a day and then some.  I find that there are new people to meet in life as well as there are people that have some sort of inner thing that keeps them well founded.

For myself, I get onto things within the day and when the evening comes – I there is something about it that I just like to reflect on.  As it's a part or fraction of what all is happening within my life - as it is with yours.  It’s that calm.  Within my world things have changed a tad, but yet they haven’t.  I don’t wish to be anyone else but just myself. 

Summer is coming and it’s interesting how life does go.  Each day you really don’t know what is going to happen, what is going to take place in your life.  But if there is one thing I feel certain of – it’s something that I had mentioned about before with the actor Mr. Portia.  He was asked if he would change anything in his life.  And what seemed so interesting from a person of his age and caliber he mentioned that he felt that he has a belief that everything that had happened in his life lead him to where he was.  And if any portion of his life were to be modified he would not be the same.  He would be someone different.  Actually all four people have something, as they live not in the need to get something, but for some reason it comes. 

Monday it was...