Think Of Me What You Will, I've Got A Little Space To Fill...

We have all heard and probably practiced the phrase 'wanting what we cannot have' or 'wanting to do wrong because it feels so right.' A hard thing to program yourself to do is learn to love what's best for you. It's human nature to be drawn to the bad boys of life and I mean that comparatively although, I truly usually am. Scratch that...I'm usually drawn to the mentally insane boys. I think "boys" is the key word there.

This is about a broader range of life issues though, but relationships do manipulate this subject for me. The question is, how does one control this? How do I love what's good for me? The only solution I have come up with is this...You must be appreciative of the good. The only way to get to this point unfortunately is to be all too familiar with the bad. When you reach "the end of your rope," you DON'T tie a knot and hang on, you cut that rotten rope loose and move on. You then learn to recognize good things, good energy, good days, and good nights.

There are three kinds of relationships we can form with one another. 1.) Needful relationships, meaning those that we need in our life like family, co-workers, neighbors etc... 2.) Healthy relationships, such as friends, significant others, and pets. 3.) Toxic relationships, which as far as I'm concerned would be right up there with the Grim Reaper. These relationships rob us of LIFE. They are dark and empty and that's exactly how they leave us feeling. We have to learn to amputate them from our lives. This is very hard to do because it takes age and experience to see them coming.

These are all just meaningless thoughts and I was inspired by this thought by Tom Petty today. ha ha No, I was not rolling joints, but the song is right on the money. "You don't know how it feels, no you don't know how it feels...to be me." It's time we become mentally healthy individuals...by we I mean me. "People come, people go, some grow young, some grow old." I agree with Tom, time to grow young.