Words WITH Friends

Words With Friends Day and More…

Well here sit it’s day 200 and the “day” calendar says it’s “Words with Friends” Day and also Daiquiri Day—both are are worth shining a little Seeking Peace and Joy illumination over.

Put quite simply this blog and the related podcast —there’s a link on this page) ARE in my mind and soul “words with Friends.”  In so many ways that phrase “words with friends” captures  what the blog and podcast hopes for.  They are perspectives, observations, hopes, dreams, impulsive thoughts, and smatterings of lessons that I’ve stumbled across and feel compelled to share.  These musing are not advice insomuch as there’s no guarantee they would be helpful and also this whole seeking peace and joy  thing has always been intended. A s my putting the pieces of the compass I use to seek peace and joy.  I’m not much for telling anyone where to go whole folks have often. Rightfully so told me where I can go.  

Anyway…. Words are the currency I have to share and like to use to say “hey friends…. Life is too short to learn from our mistakes.unless we learn from the mistakes and adventures of others as well.” That’s why we need a “red-facebook” where we could only post anonymous or after the fact screw ups for each other.  We don’t need all the smiling photos all the time as much as we need to know we are with each other as we stumble, get up, rub the sore spots, and go forward with curiosity  and caring.   

My reward for sharing words with friends has been encouragement to keep writing and more importantly I’ve dragged my meaning—making process out into the sunlight well most of the time.  For me it puts the “why” and what’s next? Squarely in the present for a good look and doing this spits out the clues I need to make choices or recover from them or at least  to have the ability to strip away most of the fear I have  of future mistakes and worries.  That’s what I get from this deal and holy crap that’s one special gift these words with friends gives me every time I pound them out.   Thanks and Bless You for reading and listening

P.s.  it’s also National  Daiquiri Day and if you were all here today we’d break out the lime (or strawberries) and yo ho  ho a bottle of rum and drink to friendship knowing that this drink became popular because during WWII other blue spirits became scarce.  Necessity is the mother of invention and relaxation with a fruit drink laced with rum or tequila is the crazy uncle of some people’s creativity I suppose.  

Anyway the point is… I can’t.share a drink with some or all of you  and some of you have made the wise decision to shun the mind altering  drug involved.  I do however  salute all of you my friends and that’s enough words for today.