Rambling Rose

Welcome, Friends!

At long last, they're all coming - those oldest and dearest of friends with whom I've shared so many hilarities and adventures and tears too in earlier years. Gosh! I can't believe we are turning 50 this year! Let's celebrate!

How I love attending gatherings. It's the sequal of delight most of us know: "It's wonderful to see you again. You haven't changed a bit!" Such treasured words as these signal the start of a joyous reunion... What fun it is to huddle with old friends and compare notes. What have you been doing? Are you married? How many children do you have? Are you happy? Has the past been kind? Knowing I'll be asked what I've been doing, I try a fast, New-Year's-Eve-style reappraisal, not only of what I've done during the past year, but for decades. Almost as certainly, this question will be preceded by the exclamation, "You haven't changed a bit!"

That "not having changed a bit" means I still have, in some measure, the radiant skin, the glossiness of hair and the freshness of younger days. Well, I could brag about my beauty 30 years ago.... and IF, in fact, I haven't visibly changed much (a "bit" seems going too far), I can in some degree be satisfied. I wonder whether any of us really wants to be found, after some ten or twenty years, not to have changed. Time should have passed, and we should have changed. A gracefully placed line or two in the face should bear witness to an increase in wisdom, or, at least, experience, maturity, rather than mere weathering. I do confess that every time i stare into the mirror, I couldnt help making judgement upon my physical appearance, critizing it in my mind for not being perfect. Have mercy Lord... Forgive me.....

I know you have blessed me with a generous heart. That is the most wonderful gift from you and I am forever grateful.

So My dear friends, Always be Happy. Refuse to be anxious, refuse to be ruled by anger, refuse to be dissatisfied, refuse to be envious, refuse to be depressed, refuse to be bitter, refuse to be hopeless. Live in joy and peace!

The joy of knowing and having great friends fills my heart with happiness!

We shall meet again?!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES WHY NOT?

God Bless!

posted by Rambling Rose @ 5:12 PM