Here come real stars to fill the upper skies,
And here on earth come emulating flies,
That though they never equal stars in size,
(And they were never really stars at heart)
Achieve at times a very star-like start.
Only, of course, they can’t sustain the part.

Robert Frost

i leave texas in six hours for the real world: philadelphia. i don’t know when is the next time i will be back. but i do have the comfort of knowing philadelphia from the past five months so it won’t be as fresh of a start. as I said good-bye to Uncle Grady, who is retiring in September, I told him “have fun retiring”. He shouted back at me as I walked away, “have fun working!”. oh boy, here we go, 25-30 years of employment. i hope i won’t miss school too much. if i do, sam, i can do some of your homework right?

what a flurry of emotions. here’s to a new chapter. it was kicked off with strawberry margaritas tonight.

Pick bananas, pick, pick bananas
Peel bananas, peel, peel bananas
Smash bananas, smash, smash bananas
Eat bananas, eat, eat bananas
Go bananas, go, go bananas!

this old camp song came to mind as my skin is peeling from the sun.

I read of a man who stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
From the beginning to the end
He noted that first came her date of her birth
And spoke the following date with tears,
But he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years
For that dash represents all the time
That she spent alive on earth.
And now only those who loved her
Know what that little line is worth.
For it matters not how much we own;
The cars, the house, the cash,
What matters is how we live and love
And how we spend our dash.
So think about this long and hard.
Are there things you’d like to change?
For you never know how much time is left,
That can still be rearranged.
If we could just slow down enough
To consider what’s true and real
And always try to understand
The way other people feel.
And be less quick to anger,
And show appreciation more
And love the people in our lives
Like we’ve never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect,
And more often wear a smile
Remembering that this special dash
Might only last a little while.
So, when your eulogy is being read
With your life’s actions to rehash
Would you be proud of the things they say
About how you spent your dash?

Said Democritus

and yet we work hard and care much,
fight, kill and suffer- DO all for the non existent?

so much effort for the projection of a mind

what would happen,
if for once, we would project something different?

Then think what would happen to them
if they were released from their bonds and cured of
their delusions.

Said Plato