off he goes...

we're havin' a bon voyage celebraton for one of
my son's best friends today.

he's headin' out west. followin' his dreams.

my son is a bit sad about his leaving as am i.
i just told him we've just got to concentrate on
his happiness.

and as i said it i knew i'd be tellin' myself that a lot
in the next few years. my sons will be headin' off
to follow their dreams as well.

it reminds me big time today that as trite as it sounds...
it REALLY is a journey.
there REALLY is no standing still.
and nothing is permanent.

i used to think love is permanent.
well, yeah, my thinking on that changed.
then i thought that 'love shared' is permanent -
that that doesn't go away. even if the love dies,
the love that was shared can still be remembered.
but i've seen people throw that away as well.

so......maybe it's up to us what's permanent.
we do throw a lot of things away.
the throw away culture.
wonder if that applies here......

i'm thinking sometimes, when it's really hard,
we throw the good of the past away
because of hurt we're in now. but maybe that's
a really big important blunder.

i'm thinking that it's way important to keep the love
shared alive in our hearts.
to refrain from negating it.
seems to me that if we negate love in any form,
we're just closing up our hearts more.
and that matters.

and i guess that's the point.
we're negating it cause we're hurt and protecting
ourselves. we think that's okay.
and it prolly is for a little while....

but maybe just for a little while.

easy to say. hard to do.

life is such a journey.
today's a good reminder for me.
and the love shared with this young man.....
that's easy.
that's permanent stuff around here.
and i'm gonna celebrate that today!