Wonder what it means

Brooksie, Mary, and I were all born with blondish hair and blue eyes. Mom used to say I was all-american. I thought, Arian, but my hair darkened as did theirs,  but why? It makes me think it couldve been a survival mechanism, but I wonder if I am not now what I will be.

David Blaine for president

Things are not how they appear, the recent Election taught me that. Politians used to appear pleasing to constituents, but often they were not and so the next trick was to discover what an official was trying to hide and expose it then they would not be elected, right? So, it is not even stragtegy to hide things that one wants to be found out to appease those who are seeking to hide what they really want to. Now, I think the best politician is the one who can entirely fool us into security because, face it, no one is going to fit what is expected.

It seems out of a more open society,  our officials grow either more bold or more comfortable in their "sins" so as to openly be so dishonest and outlandish that we might all scratch our heads and say, "The truth is stranger than fiction". So, isn't that what magic is?

Recently, I was tryingbto figure out how a divine right became a figure head,  do I might better understand how elections have devolved, but instead I am realizing they never did, elections and the whole French Revoltion that I believed in was just a good transition from faith to reason, neither seems promising. We simply elect the best entertainer to be our figure head, the power one truly wields in their power to appear strong and right, not be that, I think.

Ok, my daughter is nagging for a drink. That requires serious attention, not this silly rambling.

Immovable

On two points I remain unchanged after nearly 10 years of this.

1) the jets won't bother you, you hardly notice them after you've been here a while.

2)My husband should have married a Utah  girl.

The jets do bother me and have not changed in the slightest on the annoyance scale, maybe nothing has I certainly do not feel at home here, although I should. The people are great! And exactly what I would order if I could think out and plan what sort of people I'd like to surround myself with.

I was taught that it is always a matter of perspective. The way you "see" things is the only thing that makes something wonderful vs terrible.

A list was made of things that are universally seen as aweful, and they were called struggles or trials. Then, we were asked to make a list of things that bring us joy, and the leader of the discussion suggested that we already had, it was just a matter of how we saw things. I want to use children as an example. Do I even need to explain deeper? On the surface one can see all of the struggles raising children brings,  but when asked what made people truly happy, I mean really, really, really happy. And instantly without thinking children and grandchildren were listed. And, honestly, they were the first thing to come to mind for me, too. It is immediately apparent that the things that bring the most joy are things we struggled to accomplish. Like it is written that her days were accomplished. Hah! Sounds like someone has reached her due date. But, amid the trial it can be a source of Happiness, too. We can focus on the end goal or see it as the path or means, but how we actually see an event or situation can make it seem a punishment or reward. Children are a great example. Being pregnant can seem like a struggle or ordeal, or it can seem like a joyous blessing.

Ok, enough about that.