Silenced

~ Not by choice. At least not MY choice.

For those of you new to my blog: "Where have you been?"

To the rest of the world, Welcome to my world. It's magical, it is fun. When things go sideways (as they often do), have a laugh.

Life, or something like it.

The biggest game, and unless you play it well, the final game.

Sitting in front of my laptop, tongue-tied. Just lately I have been forced - and I mean FORCED to reflect on my life choices. Would I change my past if I could? No, I am who I am thanks to some good, some bad, and some nutty decisions. My bad . I am pretty certain if a "Genie appeared, I would like to think my first wish would be, "get back in the bottle". See, not so clever.

Actually, I'm pretty sure the "genie's" out of the bottle. That fairy tale never did make much sense. Subtle message Mr. La Fontaine. About as subtle as a lead tanker.

Okay, I retract that statement, wisdom seekers. We're not going into 17th Century literature. I'm short on time. To be precise, I have forty minutes. Seems like a lot, but we all know the old saying:

"Time flies most when you are in a hurry."

So maybe a brief story?

Relativity

"It's all relative." he said. Casually dropping that line into our conversation. It worked as well, like a left hook to a tender jaw.

"Say what?'' He was in. Duped us all.

"Wealth, happiness, love…" as he started explaining his theory in detail.

I should note here, I only found out later that his partner had just left him. He was drowning his sorrows with a night on the town. Also the one night I get to cut loose, and I run into this.

My charming friend, who loves to socialize looks at him. I could tell by his expression, he had just found a new pet project. It's just what he does. He'll give the shirt of his back.

Me, I get suspicious.

I confess, I liked that he liked that about me.

"Let me guess, you're an engineer?" I asked. As if if I had any doubt.

See, I check boxes. And he ticked all the ones I liked. First ✅ Liverpool and Australian accent, second: 6ft 2 inches. In his socks. Last, but not final ✅ he used to be a marine.

So that's the fall factor, settled.

Funny enough, met him on a summer night. Left him on a winter's day. As I walked away, thinking to myself "Oh my, how the seasons change."

~ Moral of the story? People change.

Don't let them change YOU.

Ponder this, as I have to deal with yet another power outage. Two to six hours of complete and utter dullness - that's when time does not fly.

Maybe, I'll get that genie to make a me a martini? Wishful thinking!

Resigner 💜

Do some yoga, walk the dog. Let's just move. (In my case? To a bloody island!)

On that

#justmoveforward

A touch of [South African] class. (^◕.◕^)

🪝Fantasy battles on earth. Part two (?) coming soon. That's going to be fun. The plots twisting and turning, and while I confess my head is in the clouds, my abs are getting one hell of a work-out.

Keep on reading.