Beginning... Middle... End

The passing of time can bring clarity... Good and Bad Or Agreement and Regret

I would like to very agreeable with the universe and say that I do not have any regrets, but in 45 years a few nasty little regrets are bound to pile up ... The past is the past and cannot be changed. I would not change anything if I could.

You can control your own actions, but will always fail when trying to control other individuals and events. Even if you think you can ... use every ounce of energy you have... back them against a wall... like holding back an oncoming tidal wave... you will eventually give in and fail, and lose what you so desperately want to keep.

Now we have all been there... A lover? A job? your youth? your child? your house? your pride?

There is always a beginning and always an end... it takes place everyday in your own daily routine. From the moment you open your eyes in the morning. Think about that.

I have been lucky enough to have been able to appreciate and see this from a toddler to now. Did I agree with it, and like it ... that's a different story.

When you surrender, and are able to observe, appreciate, and accept what is out of your control... it becomes easier.

For a year of my life I worked in a nursing care facility ... Helping my residents take care of their daily needs... With the passing of time they watched with fustration as their bodies failed to respond to their own will and control.

OH... the anger, disbelief, denial, desperation... I witnessed... What ever happened to growing old gracefully?... Very few residents were content with the natural process of ageing that every life form has to go through... Beginning/Middle/End.

For myself... I can only appreciate and honor my actions and choices of the past...and enjoy where I am in the now...