Where Has The Time Gone

I am in total disbelief that this week is half over and tomorrow begins the last month of the year. There are 25 days till Christmas and I haven't bought a single thing and frankly I have no ideas yet. My wife doesn't appreciate this particular
aspect of my personality but I look at it like this, if this is the worst thing about me, then everything else can only get better right?

I had every plan to set down here this evening and hammer out something about the days events, cause Heaven knows there has been a basket full. The President's speech was awesome. And in true democrat fashion, they hated every syllable of it and rushed out to make total horse's behinds of themselves trying to paint their way out of the picture the President accurately painted of them. The dem's would have done better just to keep their mouths shut and they would have actually suffered less at the hands of us who see them for what they really are.

Nevertheless I will save my rantings for another day. Although I will touch on something that I was thinking about today that may be of help to others. I have a friend who went to Louisianna to help some of the victim's of hurricane Katrina
get their homes and properties back in shape and I found that I was really missing him. We typically get together on a weekly basis and talk nearly everyday. His wife and children get together with my wife and I and we usually go out to dinner
or just sit around and enjoy a little conversation.

I was rather struck by my feelings and wondered why. Not that there really has to be a reason. He is my very best friend and he has been gone for weeks. Though I am sure that I don't miss him nearly as much as his wife and children do nevertheless my feelings are what they are. Actually if you listen to my wife, she thinks I'm a rather mushy hearted guy. Be that as it may, I realized that there was a principle to emotions such as these. I saw it much the same as our heart. It pumps blood to every portion of our bodies, then it is routed back, filtered, and the pumping process continues forever, till you die. If for some reason the heart pumped, but nothing was ever returned, it would only take seconds for the process to end and the body would cease to function.

Love works the same way. Emotions are real and in some people emotions are as real as the nose on their face. It is ever present and they live by them. I do not live by my emotions but we all need and expect love (and/or friendship, and kindness) to be returned in the same way that we offer it. When we do good deeds for others, whether we admit it or not, we expect something good in return. Not necessarily from the person we were good to, but maybe from someone else at another time or even Spiritually in Heaven.

In a nutshell, As we give and express love for others, our love tank, (if you will), can be depleated. Not that we ever run out of love, but as with the theory of relativity, as we give, we need to receive in return. As we empty our love tank
on behalf of others, we need to have that tank refilled. Typically this is done through those we are closest to, our spouse's, boyfriend/girlfriend or just our friends. Missing someone, as I have been missing my friend, is a sign that my tank is nearing empty and it needs to be refilled. Usually this isn't a problem, my wife is wonderful and she bestows upon me more Love and Kindness than any one man deserves, and even though she is really my best friend, there is no replacement
for simple, innocent, male bonding, (If you doubt it, try and do some of the activities you enjoy most with someone other than one of the guys).

I am sure there will be plenty of guys that see this who turn up their nose and snarl at the idea of expressing emotions, but if honesty can prevail, we all want it and we all need it. So allow yourself to think about it carefully and honestly
and don't worry that it might seem a little weird. Love is a wonderful thing. I love my friends and I want them to know it. So go call your friend or your spouse and let them know how much you really care about them and how they make you feel like a million bucks. Let some of that Love get pumped out and see how good it feels when it gets poured back on you by heaps and bounds. Now that's livin.

Is it really almost Christmas?