Saturday, October 15, 2005

WORLD CHANGER or CRUSHED PEPSI CUP?




Taking a walk yesterday, for the first time, I really took in EVERYTHING, literally. I noticed every piece of trash, signs, old fences, wild flowers, animals, architecture, I mean everything. For instance the sign in the picture, "World Changers". Obviously, there are still people out there who still care. In a world of despair, anguish, poverty, starvation, there really are people who still care.

I took this walk out of sef-pity, which I normally am not a self-pitier. Unfortunately, got some bad news from the "doc", and it hit me really, really hard. Went in for a routine test, and came out with not so good news. I've always considered myself a pretty healthy person. Always, been active, do the "bad" things in moderation, pretty much take care of myself. So, I took a walk, and reflected.

I wasn't feeling like a world changer on my walk, I was feeling like a crushed Pepsi cup on the road. Totally useless, what can you do with a crushed Pepsi cup? Not much of anything, unless your into some kind of modern art, and can make that cup into a masterpiece.

The walk helped, I must say, at least it lifted my spirits some, and took my mind off my heart. The heart, a magnificent thing, the life, and soul of the body, without it, your gone. Well, my heart, as I found out, is damaged. Need more tests on it, surgery most likely, and I'm scared. It's a congenital heart defect, so I suppose I could have passed that gene on to my kids. Now, that's a hell of a note. Guess what kids, Mom gave you a wonderful gene, not a good one, one that can turn your world up side down. I pray I did not pass this gene on to them, I would rather die than do that. Okay, enough pity, today I'm going to "Change the World".

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