Being all I can be

My dad is in his 50's. He said he wanted to retire earlier than his dad did because his dad had no time to enjoy his retirement before he died. My mom says she's done becasue she doesn't have a lot of time left either. Lately I've noticed that if I have two minutes to rub together, which is nearly never, I sleep or more recently work out. So here I am, only 30 and starting to think retirement sounds like a nice thing. But here's the problem. My folks, their lives are barely half over and they are really young with lots of things left to accomplish in the world. I wouldn't want to be finished at their age. By the same token, I am getting tired. Dad said to me last year, "You can't keep up this pace in life forever." That's when I started working out again, so I could keep this up longer. Except I think the point of retirement is to enjoy all you've accomplished. So I'm wondering, if I enjoy what I'm acomplishing now, while I'm doing it, could I enjoy it for a really long time, like the rest of my life and never retire? You know, like having the best of both things? And if I can do I/can I enjoy what I'm doing now while I am doing it? This is circular. I know, but it's what I'm thinking right now. Well, that and that I'm rubbing two minutes together and I so could use the sleep!

G'Night!

Emotional Lightning Rods

My dad has always said I am a bit of an emotional lightning rod. I tend to bring people's emotions to the surface of a situation. This can be a really double edged sword. People are often genuine with me, I can ask any question and get away with it (both the quesiton and getting an answer), but I also often cause people to react very emotionally. This happened again about six months ago and I have been spending a lot of time dealing with and considering my role in people's lives. How I affect others and bring about events. It can be very humbling and it is also terrifying.

I recently read The Five People You Meet In Heaven. It had a similar point. How we touch others' lives and often are completely unaware. Yet so much of our life is effected by others and we are often not aware until later how that influence was manifest.

This is all a huge amount of mumbo jumbo to the point that,

Be careful what you say and do to others. You don't know where they are in their journey at any given time, sometimes they don't even know, and you can hurt them or help them by your actions and reactions. Maybe the results don't matter to you, but some days they do.

Putting my money where my mouth is...

Well, not money, this is a free blog after all. I've always been a venter and a writer and an internet person, so this makes sense, right?

So here it is, testing, testing, testing...

My name's Sandy. I often tell people, "Sandy, like the beach..." mostly because people always try to spell my name Sandi. Now, to be clear, I'm a large woman, my 1/4 germanic heritage very clear in my build, with red hair. Oh, did I mention I am nearly 6 feet 4 inches? (Most babies are purchased at Walmart, my parents got their children at Sam's... Economy Size!) Sandi would be ridiculous for me, don't you think? So I always say, "Sandy, like the beach..." Occasionally I get letters from people for Sandy Beach. This is to the point that I have to check both the B's and the other letter for Christmas cards at our church Christams post office.

The point was, here I am, to share my days at the beach...