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• I don’t know what it is
• But it just won’t quit.
• …
• Is this a blessing or is it a curse?
• Does it get any better?
• Can it get any worse?
• Will it go on forever?
• Is it over tonight?
• Does it come with the darkness?
• Does it bring out the light?
• There was a time when I knew just what I was living for.
• …and the time was so long ago.

It Just Won’t Quit
— Meat Loaf

When I’m feeling melancholy, I soothe my battered soul listening to Meat Loaf’s CD, Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell.  And to paraphrase the lyrics:

• There was a time when I knew just what I was living for…
• There was a time and the time was NOT so long ago.

Earlier this week I advocated turning a blind eye to the flaws in broken and damaged works of art… choosing instead to relish the beautiful imperfections that abound in our lives.  And, YES, as you might have surmised, I wrote that post, Broken But Beautiful, as a message from me to myself.  I folded it up, stuffed it in this blog – and sent it out with the tide, hoping my inner critics would walk upon the sands of time and get the message.

And STILL there’s this voice SHOUTING in my brain – THIS IS NOT WHAT I HAD PLANNED! I need a “pop-up blocker” in my head that prevents the willy nilly appearance of Continue reading » NOT What I Had Planned