I think that was the first time in a while that I haven’t posted my usual “erev” post.  I just wasn’t feeling very articulate.  So belatedly, erev cheers from yesterday.

I still can’t find the words to say all that I’m thinking.

No matter how hard you work to finally realize a dream or resolve a lifetime of unfortunate events, life has a tricksy way of pulling the rug out from under you.  Whether it’s political or personal, you can have the best of intentions and work your damnedest to achieve something better down the road, but there are always hidden causes and effects beyond your control, undermining and tearing down.  It seems random and arbitrary, though it probably isn’t.  You can never get complacent.

It’s the cost of being human– having hopes and having them dashed, then dusting yourself off and carrying on in a new, uncharted reality.  You can never let down your guard or rest for long.  You have to readjust constantly, or you die.  The trick is to keep breathing.

As in a plane going down, sometimes you have to inhale the oxygen first so you can then administer it to your loved ones.  You can’t help them if you’re incapacitated.  Not to be morbid or anything.  Just talking to myself…

Well, OK, so I had a few words to say.