So, within the first five minutes of waking up I thought of all these things. They were not inspired by an object, but I am guessing somehow they were there at the ‘top of my brain’ on waking up! Good morning!

Remember when Spider Man’s Uncle Ben gave him this advice?

“With great power comes great responsibility”

We have had some recent celebrity deaths that have affected us, Nimoy and Pratchett. Their legacy in both their chosen fields and in their personal lives are tremendous and powerfully positive. I actually cried when Leonard Nimoy died, the first time ever for a celebrity. But he is so wound around my life, in my growing up and then you two children, he seemed like a good friend who just lived far away!

Then I thought of Bill Cosby and the whole responsibility thing. I loved his skits. One of my best laughs (one of those debilitating belly laughs!) was when Lynn Miller first played me the Noah skit. I laughed so hard. He too, is wound up in my life, in all our lives. And now, the good is shadowed by the possible life choices he made. I can no longer freely and wholeheartedly enjoy his work. And this is very sad. I have been let down. I believe that we have gifts and how we develop and present them and ourselves are entwined. Part of me feels like saying, “How DARE you, Mr. Cosby, ruin your tremendous talent and gift and the laughter you gave us?” And of course there are others who have done the same. I think of Tex Ritter. We will never know the truth. But there has been pain for his friends and family under the shadow of the accusations. Again, we must be so careful!

This is true for us all, because we all have tremendous power in our daily living. Creating our lives, our moment-by-moment choices are powerful and far-reaching. I choose to hold people like Nimoy and Spock up as examples worthy to follow. Right up there with Mother Teresa, Jimmy Carter, and Mr. Rogers! hahahahahaha! Sorry, Bill, you are off the list.

And THEN somehow my mind went to how when growing up I do not remember Mom or Dad ever ONCE saying I love you to me nor do I remember them giving me a hug. That is not to say they did not love me. Dad was incredibly patient every night over my math homework, when I would cry and he would help. And Mom said her mother would never let her have the dog she always wanted and she made sure we had dogs growing up! They did what they could and knew how to do. But, that was missing from my life. And, it was important. I always made sure I said I love you and gave you hugs (I would have ANYWAY! but, this made part of it a bit more conscious). And, then, this morning, my thoughts went one more step and I realized that that might be one of the reasons I married too early, at 18. Because someone was SAYING I love you, and giving me hugs. Words and actions are tremendously powerful. I was starved, and did not even know it.

And now I want to know, how can one person think so much so fast, and so darn early in the morning????

heehee

My thoughts reminded me of a yard full of puppies, yapping and growling and chewing each other and running from one to the other randomly, shaking each other, and then going off somewhere else!

Dachshunds, what are you going to do?

Anyway, I love you! And am sending you hugs!