Lunchtime Phone Calls

Mornings filled
Trying to accomplish work
Trying to keep up with life
Trying to maintain perspective
Trying to just get through
All covered and accomplished
With the ring of a phone
And a whisper of hello

Slow

Just trying to understand "slow." On-line I have found these definitions:

1. boring: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

Nope, not that one.

2. Slow was a Canadian punk rock band in the mid-1980s

Well - I don't remember them, so that doesn't count either.

3.decelerate: lose velocity

Definitely not.

Guess I'll just have to wait until the definition of "slow" becomes clearer.

Defining lyrics

2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, it's no longer inside of me,
Threatening the life it belongs to...

Anna Nalick - Breathe (2 a.m.)

It's late and I'm feeling so tired
Having trouble sleeping.
This constant compromise
Between thinking and breathing.

Corrine Bailey Rae - Trouble Sleeping

Just pieces of lyrics that resonate this week.

Oasis?

Afraid.

Fear of wandering in a

Self-imposed wilderness

Created from dreams

Long laid to rest -

Only to find an oasis,

and wonder -

Is it real or

Will it disappear

in an instant?

Criminal Minds

My favorite crime drama is Criminal Minds. As much as I hate to see great characters leave good T.V. shows - I think the writers did a fantastic job in the very last scene of last week's episode. These next couple of paragraphs were 'JJ's' words to the director of their unit - and they're fantastic.

"I’m thankful for my years spent with this family, for everything we share, every chance we had to grow. I’ll take the best of them with me and lead by their example wherever I go. A friend told me to be honest with you, so here it goes:

This isn’t what I want, but I will take the high road. Maybe it’s because I look at everything as a lesson or because I don’t want to walk around angry; or maybe, it’s because I finally understand. There are things we don’t want to happen, but have to accept; things we don’t want to know, but have to learn; and people we can’t live without, but have to let go."

Jennifer 'JJ' Jareau (A.J. Cook - Criminal Minds)