All posts in june

Yesterday, I must have been wearing a bright red target on my back and my post didn’t help matters much. Well, there’s a beautiful conclusion to it all. Caedmon’s Call is a band that I’m personally connected to and this particular song of theirs is pretty significant to me in resolving the “everybody leaves” mentality. I hope you get it and enjoy.

Caedmon’s Call – “Only One”

“I come from a long line of leavers
Out of the garden gate with an
Apple in their hands
I expect and I believe
You’re gonna run out of love
You’re gonna give me the shove
‘Cause that’s the thing that lovers do
Then there’s You

You found me cynical and jaded
You lifted my mask and lightened me up
And when my black eyes have faded
I found they were gouged
Had the coal in my mouth
I’ve never seen the old age new
And then there’s You

Chorus:
You’re the only One
Who knows my secrets
You’re the only One
Still you’re the only One
Who never leaves
And I wake up to this mystery

I betrayed You with a little kiss
I thought You’d find someone better
And You forgave me even for this
Came to the upper room
You dragged me from the tomb
There is none both good and true
Then there’s You.”

Everybody leaves. Having experienced degrees of loss at a young age, I embraced that damaging thought. As I grew into an adult, the thought was only verified by attempts at relationships that came to “incomplete” conclusions.

Since then, hope and maturity has put me in a different mindset. Perhaps, everyone doesn’t leave. Perhaps they simply have a “best if used by” date on them. hmmm…

Today in Atlanta, it is as hot as my finite imagination would indicate Hades to be. Summer is indeed here.

I know I promised to blog everyday in June but I simply have nothing to share today. The heat and the laziness of the day has rendered me pretty useless. But then this counts as a blog, doesn’t it? Even though it’s about nothing, it’s something. Right?

Summer Solstice party tonight everywhere. Really awesome Summer Solstice party in particular in my hood. Call me or shoot me an email for times, details, and what not to bring. Stay cool in the meantime.

Tomorrow (June 20th) is Summer Solstice, a celebration of the longest day of the year and the beginning of Summer. Every year, my awesome neighbors prime the sod couches in the courtyard, fill up the pool, warm up the grill, and invite dozens upon dozens of family, friends, and apparent strangers to party with them under the sun until the moon comes and then the sun.

If you’d like to be amongst the hot, cool people and you’re near Atlanta this Saturday, shoot me an email and I’ll give you the details.

* Picture above credited to Todd Pullen

Sometimes I flaunt in the skins of an intellectual while all the while I’m just repeating the words and sentiment of my much smarter friends.

One of those much smarter friends, Tiff, brought to my attention this amazing article on what makes us happy. It’s worth the read. You may even be able to feign “intellectual” amongst your smarter friends.

In sharing, Tiff punctuated the article with a quote from the lead researcher, Dr. George Vaillant. He says, “Positive emotions make us more vulnerable than negative ones. One reason is that they’re future-oriented. Fear and sadness have immediate payoffs—protecting us from attack or attracting resources at times of distress. Gratitude and joy, over time, will yield better health and deeper connections—but in the short term actually put us at risk. That’s because, while negative emotions tend to be insulating, positive emotions expose us to the common elements of rejection and heartbreak.”

Thank you for sharing, Tiff.

As a little kid my imagination was out of control. Everything meant something
in my little kenniverse of a brain. Funny how some things never change.

With that said, in the kenniverse, Wednesday is actually better known as Kennsday so…
Happy Kennsday, Friends.

“Never regret. If it’s good – it’s wonderful. If it’s bad – it’s experience.”

- Jean Plaidy (under the pseudonym of Victoria Holt)