You Spin Me Right Round Baby

Right round, like a record baby, right round, round, round....

I am a thinker and often times I get lost in my thoughts and drown out the rest of the world and think that my thoughts are what is most important. I recently read a quote by Henry David Thoreau that resonated with me,

"The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when someone asked me what I thought, and then attended to my answer."

Not many people ask me about my thoughts and often I feel they are ignored or fall on deaf ears, but I've come to the realization that my beliefs, and "theories" about life are for me and one day I will find others that will want to share them with me.  My blog has attracted like minded thinkers on occasion, but as of late, not so much.

My only New Year's Resolution this year was to continuing making connections with people, and I have pretty much failed in that regard until the other day.  On Thursday I was running a million errands, but I took the time to just absorb the things I was seeing and the energy of those around me.

Twice that day I passed houses where the owners were finally taking down their Christmas decorations. It was quite the relief to know that I had not been the only one reluctant or should I say, procrastinating.  More than likely, it was probably the hard winter that we have all had to live through this year.  The weather is an energy and I do believe that it can affect our motivation and our moods. For the past couple of months I have wanted to do very little.  I have hibernated within my apartment.  Facing the world has been a little difficult after my most recent antics. But seeing people outside has shown me that many of us suffer and we can be tested by heart ache and hardships.  And we can all come out of it, we can remember that life is an adventure. We pick up the pieces if things have been broken, and we continue on, stronger than ever.

We are all connected to each other and seeing even the most simple activities of the people we encounter has reminded me of that.  No connection is ever broken in its entirety. Connections can be strained and worn, but ultimately they heal and sometimes they can strengthen.  The memory of the goodness of people is what remains and that is the connection that ever really matters.  It is happiness and love that prevail. Anger, frustration, hate are temporary emotions that lack any real depth to compete against the enduring strength of positive energy.

That positive energy is in all of us, and it makes our Universe Spin Right round, round, round!

Peace friends.