R.A.K.

Today after work I was driving around as I often do because I am new to the area and want to get a good feel for my "home" and kind of know the lay of the land. Everything was great, cars were moving and the buildings were enjoying me watching them. All of the sudden, the car in front of me came to a dead stop! I hit my breaks and had no problems, but kind of had my heart bumping a little bit. "Perhaps I should be paying a bit more attention to the road" was the first thought that came to my mind. The car in front of me started to get into the other lane, as I looked, they were going around some wood which had nails sticking out of it. I followed suit and did the same thing. Well, almost that is; once the car made it around the wood, the guy pulled over, got out of his car and picked up the wood. I was able to watch all of this happen because I was waiting for the light to turn green.

I started to think why it was that he pulled over and took care of the problem that he didn't cause. Then, I began to think, "why didn't that cross my mind?" It bothered me a bit for the rest of the night. This guy, without even thinking about it, took care of the problem; which very well could have ruined someones drive home, their car, and any plans they had.

His Random Act of Kindness has me in a spin of ideas. I am going to reach out everyday in someway for the next week and look to see if I can get the same effect. Not so much of wanting others to look and say, "oh, he is such a nice young man" but more so, "well, if he can do it I can too!" I will be taking pictures and keeping an eye out. I shall call this little fun task, R.A.K. Fire; as I hope it spreads like a wild fire. Humm, should be interesting. Your thought?

Some Days

There are those days that are so amazing, they just reply in your head every second of every minute of every hour. The sheer joy you experienced was unmeasurable. The greatest feeling in your life, the sun was high, the sky was blue. Everything just went right, your favorite song came on the radio twice. The store had only one pair of jeans left, and they were your size! The sun glasses you were wanting, yep, they were on sale too! Things went so well you went for some ice cream, discount just for you for no reason other then because. Those days, those days are the days you feel like everything is going to be better then just fine. When if your single, your smiling at everyone looking at you as if to say, "want to go out tonight?" and if your with someone you can walk right up to them and plant one on their cheek and when they ask "what's that for?" all you say is "just because". Should you be the other person, you know, the one who loves someone but hasn't told them, it's days like this that you call that person to hear their voice because your thinking about telling them just how you feel, and why not, everything is going great!

Then there are the days when it starts off wrong from the start. You set your alarm for 6:30 p.m. rather then a.m.! There is frost on your window and your already late for work, where oh by the way, you are suppose to be giving a meeting 5 minutes ago. Yep, these days are the ones that shack you franticly back into reality. Like a splash of cold water while your sleeping. Nothing good about it, no music on the radio, just talk show after commercial after talk show. Tons of pants, but none in your size except the leather ones, and that's not going to happen! You sat on your sun glasses on your way to work and broke them, yep, cost a fortune to replace them, no sale. Your single and everyone walks right past you as if they don't even see you there, your with someone, but they are mad at you and not talking with you; seems to fit the rest of the day, why not. Oh, and if your the other person, you get a phone call from the one you love who say they just started seeing someone. Guess you wont be telling them how much you love them today hu.

These two types of days are on the far extremes though, they can't be everyday, that's just not possible. The days that fill in between them are more like this:

Oh, this is where you go on with your day and find out what they are like. Here is to hoping you have more of the great days then the bad ones, but no matter what, here are a few things I've learned in life thus far;

1. Today wont last forever, so don't you might have a better tomorrow.

2. There is no higher power messing with you and the last pair of jeans, sun glasses or ice cream. No matter how much you think someone is laughing at you right now.

3. If your single and don't like it, you have the power to change it.

4. If your with someone and fighting, don't go to bed mad, find a way to at least start talking agin.

5. If there is someone you care for very much and don't tell them, you can't be hurt by finding out they have started seeing someone, and it's not you.

6. When the radio let's you down, always have a c.d. ready to rock your world!

7. Alarm clocks are EVIL. Doesn't matter what time you set them for!

8. You can never give or get enough hugs, from anyone that wants them or is willing to give them.

9. The greatest things you miss out on are the things you never go for.

10. Sometimes you just need to cry, some times you just need a friend to listen, and sometimes you just need to be held.

Right about now. . .

Right about now I would love to sleep! I would love the chance to close my eyes an know that I will be waking up to the sweet sounds of my alarm clock in the morning rather then just tossing and turning. Waking up ever hour or so. Right about now, I would even welcome the ability to sleep on the floor! Sleep at all would be so great, and yet, it's so unreal to me. Unreal to me as a fairy tail might be to a child growing out of it. Once, it came to me so sweetly and continuously. Like a child growing out of The Easter Bunny or The Tooth Fairy, my sleep has slowly left me as well.

Right about now, I would love to be able to talk with someone, but everyone is asleep. They are in their great moments of dreaming. It is now that I feel the most alone; alone in the dark with no where to turn to. It doesn't matter how many friends on Facebook you have or Myspace, when it's all hours of the night, your bound to find, your the only one up. At first, it's no big deal. You watch some of your favorite movies, read a book, even just turn on some music and lay in bed. However, the movies don't seem so favorite after awhile. A book begins to bore you where you once couldn't put it down. The music, it's still there, and your still laying in bed. . . waiting. Sounds become amplified, even the faintist of sounds; to the point where your not even sure if your hearing something, or if you just think your hearing something.

Yes, right about now I am going crazy! Short trip, I know, but it seems I go there often and no longer need to ask for directions. I have my second home there, nice view, not crowded, just me, myself, and I. So this is me, wishing you the best sleep you've had, because I know what it's like not to have such great things in my life.

Right about now I'm getting ready to turn on my music and lay in bed, see you when the rest of the world wakes up. . . Night.