Weekend's End

An eventful and fun weekend kept me from updating! So here I am, nearly to the end of Monday and I find it a good time to publish some musings.

This past friday was the retirement party for an ex-boss of mine, someone who I respected and enjoyed working for very much. It was a good turn out and by the time we all got to speeches, you couldn't help but understand that this man meant a great deal to us all. There was a large selection of individuals from the university staff and students where I'd worked for this man, which only exposed how much one person can reach out and make an impact on others. During his speech, he reiterated a positive fact that I've heard him make before about his life which gives me a large measure of inner peace. He said that he'd been at the university for many, many years and was still waiting for the work to begin. This very honestly characterizes my thoughts on him as a boss; he always approached every event and problem with a level of calmness and joy that I admired. He really does just enjoy his life, it seems, and that pleasure in living is contagious! You can't help smiling during a conversation with him.

Beyond enjoying my time expressing the thanks I had for this man and the job he'd given me, it was just great to see a lot of old friendly faces. I spent a great deal of time with the co-workers who were able to attend, catching up as though we hadn't all seen each other within the last three months. It was good to be around them again! It also allowed me to deepen friendships that already existed, an opportunity I always relish.

Earlier in the week, a dear friend of mine and I got together to celebrate our July birthdays. By the end of the evening, our combined creativity crafted something so marvelous! We sat down to a blank canvas, put on an old cartoon that I used to watch as a child (and by the way, this is a seriously odd film!), and went crazy with some paint! The result is extraordinary and shown below!

I have a distinct topic for my next blog, which I won't be getting into now, and I'm sure it will result in a much longer discussion than I will be posting today. For now, let me say that I feel as though this past weekend has taught me something rather significant about life. Perhaps the universe gives you clues, perhaps it doesn't. But if it does, I'm certainly picking something up on my internal radar (and yes, this does mean I am a Radar Detector as the fantastic band Darwin Deez would like you all to know). There are good things afoot. Perhaps this only lends itself to a few enjoyable nights gone by. But still, I will say that patience and inner cognition can really bring your spirits up in life!