As I sit and ponder on my life and what was and now what is....I realize how much life is just a circle.  It amazes me that where we start as children and teens, the bonds we formed get lost as we proceed down our own paths of adulthood. Spouses, partners, loved ones, children, money, all intervene in our lives. We become focused on building our own homes and family. We decide if we wish to be wealthy and/or famous or simply do the best we can at providing for our loved ones. We become what our souls really value.  Sometimes we get caught up in our own personal battles and hazards that we seem to be unable to break free of. As we age, we realize life was a journey of education and growth of spirit. We no longer have to guide our young, be soccer moms or dads.  We now have the time to figure out who WE are and where we fit in the scheme of life's ongoing saga.  Some of us continue to make the same mistakes over and over again as if we were in a room with no doors. Some of us become introspective and realize we must have learned a lot more than we thought and now must figure out how to use this knowledge. The past relationships and friendships we made come back to us as fond memories as we again seek each other out. We find some have not changed, some have become so different that it is hard to relate to them. This really doesn't matter as we begin to close the circle back up and hold on to each other, support each other, and just be there for another. I am finding that our differences are our similarities...just as they were when we were young. These things didn't really matter when we were all outdoors playing hide and seek, or tag. We were all one despite how different we were. As I said, FULL CIRCLE.....it shouldn't matter now either for we are all coming to the circle's close where it will all start over again and again. The real lesson here is what we get out of life, and that we realize, in the end, IT'S ALL ONLY LOVE.

As this election season approaches,  I am saddened by how divided we have all become.  Friend against friend, when just after September 11 there was such a wonderful feel about America.  We were all united and standing tall against an outside enemy.  Unfortunately we have a lot of inside enemies that need this same "oneness" against them.  They are called greed, selfishness, non empathy towards one another, and failure to inform ourselves of truth.  We need to look at all sides of an issue and not follow blindly ANY leader or any News Organization.  We need to check our hearts and check our facts and act accordingly.  We need to learn to be responsible for ourselves and our families and plan accordingly.  We need to support charities and organizations that help out those less fortunate than ourselves.  A nation that relies solely on it's government is doomed to fail.  Government's very nature is never going to be individualized compassion.  We have to do the hard work.  We have to elect leaders that are doing things for us.......not themselves.
It sometimes is very hard to tell until it is too late.  That is why an informed voting populace is so important.
We need to go back to when public servants were just that.......they served their country for a given allotment of time and then let the next person serve.  Our government was never set up to house men
who made a career out of it.  Men who became so out of touch with the average person that he no longer could even go to a store for himself, pump his own gas, or write his own checks and balance a checkbook.  We are to blame for sending these men back each election.  Change is not always bad.  If you or I were doing a bad job at a particular career, we would find that out quickly by an employer or by our own bank account.  This is such a great country made up of so many diverse and wonderful people.  We need to go back to basics and find public servants who listen to us and make sure we come first.  Power corrupts so easily.  It is a potent aphrodisiac that can take hold like the strongest addictive drug.  This country now needs an "intervention" by it's very noble populace.  This is why we split away from Britain so many years ago.  We wanted freedom from an unfeeling, tyrannical government.  We wanted to be free to express our own beliefs and to stretch our own wings.  We believed we could do anything we set our minds to.  That is why so many flocked to this country to become American citizens.  We have lost that drive, that hunger and become complacent and reliant upon government to solve our problems.  We will always get the government we deserve if we let this complacency continue.  I do not want to give up on this country.  I do not like the government pitting neighbor against neighbor.  Use your wits, your heart, your brain, and vote your conscience.