Every day we awaken to earn another dollar. To work, is to keep food on our own table, pay bills of necessity and of the things we want, it is what we have been taught from generation to generation which is, working and making money is what keeps the world going round.

Does it?

Having a career and working is essential to keeping us alive, yes, money is important, however, does it truly keep this world of ours spinning in peace and harmony? No.

As a global society, we may have forgotten or put aside the true meaning of life, paying it forward.

Have we dismissed the quality of life that we want to lead?

Perhaps it is due to the economy, the way we are forced to struggle to earn enough money to keep our lifestyles intact. On the other hand, maybe it is due to the greed of our Governments, of those that are in power, even those who are rich may be the cause or perhaps the excuse of what has become of our world, a sense of emptiness, loneliness; a fight for individual gain.

Although taught that money is the key to happiness, each of us arguably knows that when offered a smile, a courtesy, a genuine thought or words of positivity, we feel different. A sense of warmth overwhelms us; we feel a sensation of love, of being understood, seen or heard. Any of these gifts given by another individual has more power than money could ever buy; it is recognition that we are alive.

Perhaps anger and injustice would not harness our world if we did not live for ourselves, if we were not waking only for personal gain, if in amongst each day we added a little something within the lives of another. Perhaps then and only then, our world could find some peace, tolerance and discover the true meaning of unconditional love.

What will make the world a better place?

Another form of currency, Kindness, a simple act can make a bigger impact if we just pay it forward. Maybe One Day, Could be Today.

The Memory That We Were Kind

Does anyone know where the little boy went?

The little boy who used to be me?

He’s still alive somewhere inside this shell

Though the shell is all you can see.

Can you still see him reaching out for love

From behind these time-worn eyes?

The child with a heart as bright as the stars

Hiding beneath this thin disguise?

What a cruel trickster Father Time can be

Changing our costumes as we age.

From infant to child, and from young to old,

A new character with every stage.

We might as well be four different people.

The adult barely resembles the child.

The external transformation is so complete,

Young and old are rarely reconciled.

But there are some whose eyes still twinkle,

For whom the child within never dies.

The outside world can see only the surface

But they know how the surface lies.

What can we learn from all this changing?

From the fact that nothing is real?

How can we judge by a deceptive façade

That hides the way we truly feel?

The only path to true knowledge, it seems,

Is to think of everyone that we see

As the child they were, who they are today,

And the old person they soon will be.

We should also see them as dead and gone,
Their short life on earth finally done,

With all their trials rendered null and void,

All their battles either lost or won.

Whitman wrote, “The powerful play goes on

And you may contribute a verse.”

The same is true for every person we meet.

We make their lives better or worse.

Thus, we should measure disheartening words

And make sure they need to be spoken

So we won’t be among those who caused pain

If they reach the end of life heartbroken.

And when those we’ve known are old and gray,

Remembering years they left behind,

Comforting words we said might return again

With the memory that we were kind.

~unknown~

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Surprise Proposal Fail

Halftime Blindfold Proposal

Australian TV Show Fail

Onstage Proposal Rejection

Christmas Eve Family Denial

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Why it rules:
After an unexpectedly hard day there is little I’d rather do then have to come home, get cleaned up, hop in the car and trudge though a throng of people to have over-priced under re-heated frozen food. I do not want to wait 45 minutes amongst families with screaming children or the local Red Hat Society in the lobby of Olive Garden.

When single, there are no “date-nights” that started out as a creative way to spend time together but quickly turned into a prison sentence. There are no mandatory dinners at the parent’s house. You don’t have to confront the drunken idiots at the bar that are hitting on your girlfriend. Instead you are free to stay home, draw a bath, read a book, catch up on your TiVo backlog, set a personal record on finishing Final Fantasy 7 or whatever else might fancy you.

Why it sucks:
When you do want to go out it becomes quite apparent how depressing dining alone can be. At most establishments you’re either treated as a leper, “Just one?” or like a child that needs extra attention “Hiiiiiiiii, can I get you more water? You know, how about some soup…on the house sweetheart.”

4.) Being The Ruler Of Your Domain

Why it rules:
You have the entire space to yourself. You can do whatever you’d like whenever you’d like. There is not a single thing that anyone can do or say that you have to heed to. You wanna sit on the couch at 2PM in your Spider-Man undies eating Lucky Charms….go for it. You want to move a mini-fridge filled with PBR into the bedroom so you can grab a cold one in the middle of watching Old School (for the 8th time in 8 weeks), you do that!

Why it sucks:
So you have the place to yourself. It’s all yours…no one to make demands of you. No one to ask you to pick up the towels. This is all good and well until that fateful night when the spicy pork rinds that went down so easily during the WoW all-nighter suddenly decide they don’t want to finish the transaction and are know making your stomach feel as if it’s in the apocalyptic battle of hell.

It is now evident that there is literally no one around to help you in this moment of excruciating pain. No one to go out and get proper medicine. No one to rub your back. No one to cook a nice warm meal for you once you’re able to stomach food again. Instead you’re left there writhing in agony until you can get past the humiliation of having to call your mom to come over.

3.) No One To  Buy Gifts For

Why it rules:
Oh man…Valentine’s Day, Christmas, birthdays…..you will save so much money when you don’t have to buy presents on these days. But that is just the tip of the iceberg. There are none of the crap house warming parties that you are not only forced to go to but forced to pick up a bottle of wine to bring or Niece Nicole’s 2nd birthday party that you will have to spend $50 (which is more than you’d spend on yourself by the way) for an outfit that she’ll wear maybe 5 times before it’s too small.

That’s not even mentioning those times when it wasn’t even a holiday, wasn’t a anniversary, you did nothing wrong…but some how you got in trouble for not bringing a gift home “just because.” That is the single most frustrating argument you will ever have…it goes nowhere and no one wins….expect the single guy.

Why it sucks:
It is certainly a sad Christmas when you come to grips that the only presents you receive are deemed “useful” and things that “you need honey.” Yeah, sure your sock drawer is full now and you can throw out your ratty boxers but how many George Foreman grills can one get? Being single you have no one to supplement the horrible gift receiving that creeps in as adulthood commences.

2.) No Pressure To Wash The Dishes

Why it rules:
So what if there are 9 bowls half filled with Ramen, Kraft Mac & Cheese or Cinnamon Life…let ‘em soak a little longer, it’s not gonna hurt anything. Plus the one bowl of Ramen has only been sitting there since last night and you can totally use it again for dinner…no worries. Also who cares how you load the dish washer, that thing just sprays all all over the place anyways. They’ll all get cleaned good enough. It’s not like your eating with the Queen, they don’t have to be spotless.

Why it sucks:
When you do actually need a dish there is no one else to fall back on….you’re going to have to knuckle down, grab a trash bag, toss everything out…and head down to Target to replenish your supply of eatingware.

1.) Having The Entire Bed To Yourself

Why it rules:
Ahh….a nice comfortable bed all to yourself, there is nothing better in the World. Spread out, take your trunks off, kick the extra pillows to the floor. Never ever worry about making the bed. The quality of your night’s rest will lie squarely on your shoulders…or back rather. There is no one snoring next to you. No kicking you in the middle of the night. No one waking up every 2 hours to use the restroom. No one setting the alarm for 6AM because they have to go to “work.” And you don’t even have to do the sheets because you got more than a few sets as gifts at your last birthday.

Why it sucks:
You are in a bed by yourself…need I say more?