Things that go bump in the night……….In the night as you are thinking about the days events they seem to flood your mind and become so monumental . We know that the lack of light has an effect on our psyche so our minds may play tricks on us especially when we wake up from an especially bad dream and it seems so real that it can take you a few minutes to remember it was just a dream and then hours to forget. You may sit up all hours and then put the television on to help you focus on something else and just when you feel like it will never end ………you see light and the sun starts to rise and all the night fears dissipate and are gone in a moment of light….. Don’t you just hate those nights?????? A day without sunshine is like, you know, night. Steve Martin

Sometimes when you least expect it ….you get an opportunity. The old expression opportunity knocks is true!! But it can knock many times and you can open the door ignore the knock or say no….. You need to leave yourself open to new ideas all the time because an idea might be right around the corner and from someone or something you would least expect it from…. Sometimes the answer you have been looking for is in the place where you have looked many times before but you just did not see it!!!!! So I say it is never too late to have that great big idea or an epiphany …..revelation….be ready……… “Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.” ― Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems

Friends say call me if you need me when you are going through a bad time. Now I wonder if that statement is similar to the statement as you are walking down the street past someone you know who says “ How are you?” and we know very well they do not mean it. If you have a friend who is going through a hard time it might be better for you to reach out to them. Sometimes it is hard to call someone when you are feeling very sad. You might feel many feelings like you are bothering them or you just want to feel like someone cares about you enough to call. I have a friend who is going through a hard time and I make sure I call them and they are always happy that I have made that visit or phone call. Being a friend is so much easier when times are good………….. Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. Helen Keller

I was talking to someone recently about a friend and he said the other person had been “troubled” so I thought to myself that the other person did have a very difficult childhood but then married had children and a seemingly wonderful life and lived to be 60 years old. It was true this person was troubled and now has passed away. It bothered me a lot thinking why was this person still troubled after all these years…….40 years of life happy versus the first 18 years of life which were hard. When does one part of your life wipe out the other part???? Or does it ever… if you are tortured will that be always you??? I know someone who always said they were tragic. Then one day after their divorce they thought all was ok now ….but years later they realized they will always be tragic.. I think you need to fight the demons that are your downfalls and the parts of your life that were bad or are bad…and if you fight them hard enough you will win the battle and maybe not be troubled tortured or tragic……………………………… Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny. Stephen Hawking