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Thursday - July
26, 2007 |
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I always
come away from these trips having learned something more
about myself. I have learned that we are always trying
to re-create or re-live a time in our life. I knew this
already...but I just never took the time to think about
how to change it. Perhaps we do this (because I
know I am not alone) because we have good memories of
that period in our lifetime. Perhaps we are trying to
capture the same feelings or emotions, a time that
brought happiness to those around us. Today is today
and yesterday is gone. I know this of course in my
mind...but my heart never quiet understands these type
of feelings. We should strive to make new memories
not re-live old ones. Those feelings we have from the
past, although they might be great or even grand, are in
the past now. We are now in a new period of our life.
We should have grown, become better people, learned new
things, explored new territory within ourselves. We
shouldn't be trying to re-create something that once
was.
First off it will never work. It
is like the movie Groundhog Day. The main
character plays out the same day over and over again.
He is supposed to learn how to be a better person by
doing this. He is supposed to try and re-live the
same day until he gets it right! During the movie
he has some WONDERFUL days and he has some bad days.
He attempts to learn from his mistakes. He is
constantly trying to re-live the same day but make it
better. His emotions become mechanical because he
is trying to force something to happen. It won't
work. The same applies to all of us.
You just can't recreate a moment in time. Life was
never meant that to be that way.
So that is what I have
learned...finally. It took me forever to get to this
point. Watching Doug change and David change. Watching
Keri change (speaking of Keri - where is Keri).
Watching myself change. I am inspired by all of this.
It was a long - long - journey to this point. I have
struggled with how to let go of 2002, 2003, and so on.
I have felt like I needed to somehow re-create what we
once all had. This was never the right thing to do. I
just couldn't get past that though. I needed those
feelings. The laughter, the joy, the emotions we all
felt. Silly me. What I failed to see is that now we
are creating new joy. New memories and emotions. New
laughter. One day we will look back on 2007 and want to
re-create that. Memories are but an imprint on our mind
of something that was...not something that is.
The fun I have had in
Waterloo with David - chasing tornadoes, watching
movies, hanging out - are new happy memories. The
memories I have here in Toronto with my friends are the
same. New memories. I have no reason to want to go
back in time. We have the same great friendships today
as we did then. Oh sure we don't have the high drama of
everyone working together to free myself...and we don't
have the parties that last all night long. But now we
have new projects that we are all working on. We have
fun wandering around the city...eating out...going to
movies...walking down Church Street...and on and on and
on! Lots of new memories! |
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We are going to the Titanic exhibit this
afternoon. It is at the science center.
Should be fun. Joey is a BIGGGGGG fan!
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I am so bored with the look of this web-site. I am
trying to find a new look. New color scheme.
Will have to keep working on it! |
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Had a great day in Toronto. Spent most of it at
the Ontario Science Centre (the way they spell it
here)...then back to the city. Went to see the
movie Ratatouille. Good movie. :) |
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Of course the twister at the Ontario Science Centre
grabbed my attention. |
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That would be me in with the twister... |
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Today's chalk artist on the street below the Eaton
Centre. Pretty
amazing! He collects money in four buckets.
I would say he
had between 600-800 dollars. Pretty good work! |
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Tonight's dinner...or lunch - I think we missed a meal
today! |
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Friday - July
27, 2007 |
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Not sure what we are doing today. :) Going
up in the CN Tower to eat lunch I do believe. I
get my fourth quarter test back this morning. Will
be anxious to see how I did on that. The final is
Monday/Tuesday. YAY Hopefully YAY! :) |
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Cheetah's fans have been asking "WHERE IS CHEETAH"
SOOOOO here he is. He has been hanging out with
the Toronto Hollywood Elite. Hard to get him to
stay in one spot long enough to take some pictures.
He did manage to pull himself away from the tight
schedule today and go to the CN Tower. |
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Cheetah up in the CN Tower - Toronto, Ontario. |
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Some Toronto Art :) |
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Okay last minute change of plans we are heading for
Munich, Germany tomorrow afternoon. :) The
plane will leave around 5:30 p.m. Will be in
Munich for a week. Returning to Canada next
Saturday. |
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