WATER OFF A DUCK'S BACK

What is your mantra when dealing with people in general? There are so many different walks of life out there! The zealous, the jealous, the passive, the aggressive, the teasers and pleasers. There are the soft hearted, hard hearted and broken hearted. The humorous and humorless, the critical and accepting, the lonely and the overwhelmed. And in one day you probably meet all of these and more! So where and how do you begin to get along with all of them? YOU CAN'T! You can't please all of the people all of the time but you can please some people some of the time. After harsh words with the O-man this w/end, tears, slamming doors and a chase in the streets on foot followed by more tears and making up, this is exactly what I came to realise. You don't always get what you want, and sometimes getting what you want...well its not what you really thought you wanted. When you have an ideal vision of the way you want things to be, and the universe has a different plan, it is frustrating but there is always a better reason for it and you just have to let go. Let go of the bullshit, the petty things. If it wont matter the next day, the next month or year...let it go! My mantra when things get tough is "Water off a duck's back". I am the duck and the bullshit just rolls off my back like beaded water. You can't control the world or the people in your world, only the way you react. WATER OFF A DUCK'S BACK...OHHHMMMM...WATER OFF A DUCK'S BACK...OHHHHHMMMMM...WATER OFF A...Tell me what your Mantra is?

IMAGINE?

It's a crazy world. It's overwhelming to think that 100,000's of people are dying all around the world everyday...heartbreaking to realise that the majority of these deaths are caused by our fellow human beings. Deaths that are unnecessary...just like the train bombings in Bombay recently that killed 147 innocent souls. I am constantly amazed that people can justify this with religion and politics! What goes through these people's minds..."What a great morning to get up, bomb a few hundred people, and then I'll get exactly what I want!" When will they learn? How did they get this way? I am thankful that my good friend in Bombay is OK, and inspired by their courage to get back up, dust themselves off and get back to life so quickly! Don't take your life or loved ones for granted...don't forget to hug your loved one today.

Imagine all the people living life in peace.
You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.
I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will live as one.
--John Lennon