Family

The love of a family can be complicated. Aye, it can be terrible in some ways...but in other ways, it can be the simplest kind of love there is. Simple because, no matter what, it's always there. Friends can be chosen, but families are stuck with each other. The only way to go is to make the best of it and learn to understand and be with each other. Easier said than done? Sure. But remember: love and like are two different things-- you might love your family, but you might not always like them. The beauty about this is- you don't have to!

Families are not about liking each other or even being nice to each other all the time--the love of a family can be expressed in many ways- sticking up for a brother/sister if they're getting bullied, helping him/her with some schoolwork, trying to teach him/her to learn through your mistakes-- the last is possibly the most irritating (for the person being taught) and possibly the most futile, hopeless task (for the person attempting the teaching). The important thing is to see beyond the surface talk or actions and understand the deeper motives that drive the talk or actions: only then can a family's love be understood. And like most things people (including me) complain about in this world, it can be bloody annoying at times, but when it's not there...it's even worse.

Gràdh Geal Mo Chridh' (Fair Love Of My Heart)

Lochaber, Fort William, Ben Nevis & the Caledonian Canal. Lands where Clan MacDonald roamed.
(Courtesy of Scottish Panoramic )


High in the misty highlands
Out by the purple islands
Brave are the hearts that beat
Beneath Scottish skies
Wild are the winds to meet you
Staunch are the friends that greet you
Kind as the light that shines
From fair maiden's eyes.

Towering in gallant fame
Scotland my mountain hame
High may your proud standards
Gloriously wave!
Land of my high endeavor
Land of the shining river
Land of my heart forever
Scotland the brave!

-"Scotland the Brave", unofficial anthem

My beloved Scotland...Mo chroí ná do chroí, go deo na ndeoir- My heart is your heart, ever and always.

Hmmmmm.......

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together- Jean de la Bruyere

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost- Gilbert K. Chesterton

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old- John Ciardi


Cynical? Yep.

But probably true.

Thought for the day

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future- George Bernard Shaw

Out of Time

You're out of touch

I'm out of time

But I'm out of my head when you're not around

- "Out of Touch" by Hall and Oates

The revolution maybe someone somewhere else

It’s in the way you’re always hiding from the light

See for yourself you have been sitting on a time bomb

No revolution maybe someone somewhere else

Could show you something new about you and your inner song

And all the love and all the love in the world

Won’t stop the rain from falling.


-"Break It Down Again", Tears for Fears