79 degrees this morning.
The evening darkness is already coming much sooner, even though it is only August. Every year I am surprised at how quickly the Summer sunset fades and darkness comes earlier and earlier.
Fall is now less than a month away. Fall is ok, but then comes Winter. I will miss the very mild, low attitude winter Memphis typically has. Last Winter was horrible, the worst winter we had in Memphis.
Perhaps what i miss most are the long Summer sunsets, the ones that last forever. That is the one thing I missed in Memphis, was the long sunsets. (In Memphis, the sun just suddenly went down, the hills and trees blocked the sunset.)
As normally happens, when opportunity knocks there are several doors to open, which one do you open? While I can see the “opportunity” behind the doors, I have no idea which door is best for me. Time will tell, except it is one of those decisions where there are no (or very rare) “seconds” where a decision can be reversed for another decision. I will see. By this time three months from now I may know, or I may never know. Such is life.
They say the correct decision is to “follow your passion”. Perhaps so, but I also believe someone should keep their word once it is given, subject to conditions that may not be known when the decision was made.
So….I am trying a compromise, trying to have the best of both worlds (not quite having your cake and eating it too, but rather realizing that life is a tapestry and sometimes (or probably never) there is no right decision
If this doesn’t make any sense, I can’t really make any details public right now. If you are really interested, I can discuss it, just not in public.
I was discussing “following your passion” the other day, and I note the difference in, say the personnel a the Apple Store as opposed to other facilities. I was there the other day and the persons with the “passion” are clearly noticeable.
One thing I really liked about the Apple Store (I saw it ore that the Memphis Apple Store, but it is evident at the one here also) is the high percentage of personnel who had a real passion for Apple products, computers, helping people or all three. I would ask a question or show them something i learned to do, and they would get all excited about it, it was a pleasure to watch.
Actually I noticed it at the local Apple store the other day, which made me think of it. There is an electricity in the air you don’t see in other places, or at least very rarely.
Not walking this morning, do to some conflicting activities. Usually the one thing I won’t give up is my morning walk. I’m not sure if it is because I get my blood/muscles (or body) moving and feel more alert, or if it is the opportunity to listen and think and listen to my audiobooks. It may be a combination of the physical and mental stimulation that make me feel better and ready for the day, maybe a combination
On my projects, I am still working on my China photos, trying to get them organized. As with other projects, I hate to dispose of photos, but I will need to so I can get them organized. With some exceptions, a photograph doesn’t do justice to what the picture is about,l but if you don’t take the photograph, the scene you saw could be gone forever.
Actually I have deleted about 10% of the photos I took, but there is still a lot of photo’s left. I look at them and see a small piece of my life, somewhat like when I look at letters I have written etc.
That’s it for today, Wednesday, August 27, 2014.
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