Sometimes life is like a game of cards ... a crapshoot ... a gamble ... sometimes you have to look at the cards you are dealt and decide which cards to keep ... and which ones to throw away ... and hope you make the right decision. Sometimes you get the cards you want ... the cards you need ... then there are times you just have to fold. Sometimes you win the pot and other times you walk away with nothing ... but if you don't play the game you'll never know. Taking chances is what life is all about ... I think it's better to play the game and hope for the win and walk away empty handed ... than to never play and never know ... because when you play and lose at least you know you tried ... but when it's time to fold ... it's time to fold.
Keeping busy ... for me is the key to dealing with life when things are too much for me ... and as luck would have it ... I have a lot to keep me busy. This is how I have spent the past two days.
Transforming a huge room into all types of skies (with the help of my friend Sue) for Vacation Bible School at my church. I'm not pleased (I never am with myself ... part of what makes me ... me) but I believe that little kids will like it. It's not done yet but it must be 100 degrees in that room today and I just couldn't stay there one more minute. So ... for the next 5 days ... I have little kids to do crafts with for a few hours in the mornings and maybe they will distract me from my thoughts.
There is always plenty of this ...
The latest painting is coming along ... maybe I'll work on it after I iron ...
and there is always solitaire ... but that's one card game I don't like ...
because when you win ... your alone ... and no one knows you won ...
