Ten Years

I’ve been writing My Thots almost every single day since February 25, 1999. That’s over 3700 thoughts! Some of you have been with me since the beginning and to you I am so grateful.

Others came on after I began my online blogs a few years ago and to you I am also grateful. A writer writes because she must, but to have readers keeps her honest and dedicated. Thank you!

I could not do this without all the amazing people in my life. It is remarkable how each of you has taken me by the hand and led me into experiences many people are lucky to have one of in a life time. You gave me the courage to jump in there and do all those things many people just talk about and I have survived! I have crossed a few boundaries here and there, done some rather questionable things, a few really good things, and at least one awesome thing.

There have been hard times and good times, sad times and ecstatic times and through it all, my soul mate, who although we are no longer physically together, is always here for me in the Great Silence urging me on. Below is the first thought I ever wrote and the response that has kept me writing them for the past ten years.


To:

Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:20:34 -0600

Subject: Re: My Thought for the Day

Expectations are unusual creatures. Coming in times of sorrow they can be the breath of spirit that carries us through, or the anchor that weighs us down. The rest of the time they carry our hopes and dreams from sunrise to sunrise, a never ending stream of beliefs that define us as the beings we both are and hope to be.

When our expectations are not met, we have options. Options can make the difference between swimming upstream and drowning when the current is running against us. Sometimes the options are clinging onto a moldy old life preserver or wallowing in the murky mud that waits in the depths.

But sometimes... if we keep practicing.... our options can be as wonder-full as walking barefoot on the soft tickles of the new spring grass and smelling the sweet mustiness of the earth...or........allowing our mind to soar among the clouds on a warm sunny day filled with the promises of things to come.


To: lcangell@juno.com

Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 21:53:33 EST

Subject: Re: My Thought for the Day


I really like your thoughts. Thank you. Send all you want.


Love,

John