April 15, 2004

• Do you shake your head in amazement at times when you stop to think about the world we live in?  I was just now thinking about all things that make us fit into a little box that fits into a little cell in this great big world.  Born in 1948 I came into a world populated by way too many people the same age as me.  We pushed the limits of everything as we grew up.  Breaking out in the 60s and 70s in an attempt to overthrow those darn boxes and live together in peace and love and harmony in one huge circle that encompassed us all.  Boy that did not live beyond the the 70s.  Now that my schoolmates are all 56 years old, we are trying to raise children that do not live in boxes but have the freedom to express themselves and to be strong in who they are.  Well, it was always a great way to parent but I have almost made it to her 18th birthday.   This past year, the problems and difficulties have dropped away and we are seeing the makings of a real live human being.  I also see where I let her get away with a few things, like cleaning her room, that she will have to deal with as she gets older. 

  
  

  Now, I have time to learn to be me and to allow myself to grow up and enjoy life.  I don't have to fit back into that box (I never broke mine down, only turned it on end).  I am changing the size and shape of it and adding things from my life that I want to keep.  So now I am fitting into the box but my way like all the other 56 year olds.  We are all the same in our differentness.  And instead of breaking down our boxes we are melding them together to form a safe place for us all to live in peace and harmony and love.  What goes around comes around.

  
  

  Namaste.  zera

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