It's like we were all recruited into a sport where we were never going to win no matter how hard we tried. One day, we figure it out. As you say, there are better reasons and better ways to play.
Ohmigod so true, Jan. I am playing Top Gun Maverick today, it's my gift to me to start the year, and I just tracked down a place where I can fly top gun for a price. I'm doing it. I really miss flying, and I am NOT going to do it to impress an audience. I want to fly for me. When do we do this just for us, not for accolades? Big lesson for me.
It'll happen later in the year. I'll have to drive to Las Vegas to do it, but that's the ideal place for it. the outfit is SkyCombatAce.com. I cannot cannot wait!
Loved this article, Julia, thank you for taking the time as always to be so funny, incisive, thoughtful and to write so beautifully. Loved especially this: :We were born with a birthright to love, handed a planet full of Paradise. Our lack of self-worth drives the destruction of the very Paradise we were handed. At what point do we have enough of anything? Money, love, food, riches, clothing, cars, yachts? All in our desperate attempt to be worthy of love?" I am working hard on being comfortable in my own skin. It may have taken me 63 years to get here but it is never too late. We're Too Old to Think That's It's Ever Too Late, right?
I just received the most recent newsletter from Andrew Knapp where he talks about all the different "me's" there are at one time but also through time. He is an amazing photographer and is particularly adept at getting the perfect images of dogs, most frequently his own. He has written many books for kids where the test of each page is to Find Momo in a different environment. He and his dog Momo traveled all over the world so you need to find Momo in a vineyard or a junk yard or the desert or in Paris. I read many of these books with my grandkids. Like all of us, Andrew has his own challenges with addictions we would like to change, but different than most of us, he writes about them openly including loosing his best friend Momo. This note seemed particularly pertinent to your most recent articles.
Thanks- that brings up a whole other topic around the many parts of us which live within us. It's a big, difficult but ultimately gorgeous topic. Stay tuned and thank you. BTW LOVED your response on walkabout!
It's like we were all recruited into a sport where we were never going to win no matter how hard we tried. One day, we figure it out. As you say, there are better reasons and better ways to play.
Ohmigod so true, Jan. I am playing Top Gun Maverick today, it's my gift to me to start the year, and I just tracked down a place where I can fly top gun for a price. I'm doing it. I really miss flying, and I am NOT going to do it to impress an audience. I want to fly for me. When do we do this just for us, not for accolades? Big lesson for me.
Woo-HOO! Go and enjoy your badassery, Julia! What a way to start 2024. Cheers!
It'll happen later in the year. I'll have to drive to Las Vegas to do it, but that's the ideal place for it. the outfit is SkyCombatAce.com. I cannot cannot wait!
Loved this article, Julia, thank you for taking the time as always to be so funny, incisive, thoughtful and to write so beautifully. Loved especially this: :We were born with a birthright to love, handed a planet full of Paradise. Our lack of self-worth drives the destruction of the very Paradise we were handed. At what point do we have enough of anything? Money, love, food, riches, clothing, cars, yachts? All in our desperate attempt to be worthy of love?" I am working hard on being comfortable in my own skin. It may have taken me 63 years to get here but it is never too late. We're Too Old to Think That's It's Ever Too Late, right?
that is most kind of you, which comes to you so naturally, Amy. You are a grand noticer.
I just received the most recent newsletter from Andrew Knapp where he talks about all the different "me's" there are at one time but also through time. He is an amazing photographer and is particularly adept at getting the perfect images of dogs, most frequently his own. He has written many books for kids where the test of each page is to Find Momo in a different environment. He and his dog Momo traveled all over the world so you need to find Momo in a vineyard or a junk yard or the desert or in Paris. I read many of these books with my grandkids. Like all of us, Andrew has his own challenges with addictions we would like to change, but different than most of us, he writes about them openly including loosing his best friend Momo. This note seemed particularly pertinent to your most recent articles.
Andrew Knapp from How To Be A Dog <andrewknapp@substack.com
Thanks- that brings up a whole other topic around the many parts of us which live within us. It's a big, difficult but ultimately gorgeous topic. Stay tuned and thank you. BTW LOVED your response on walkabout!