I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it. –Groucho Marx

Turning the page on the calendar and marching on to whatever the future may bring. Taking my cue from Groucho, I intend to live each and every day to the fullest, making the best of each one, until my days are finally over. Practically speaking, just what does that mean? I reckon there will lots of hiking, darting, and drinking along the way. But I’m also going to be open to whatever new adventures that may come my way. I’m currently in the preliminary stages of planning a trip to explore Bohol, one of the beautiful islands here that I have yet to visit.

No worries, I’m pretty much reconciled to living a loveless life. There are worse fates. I don’t regret the loves I’ve found and lost in life. Things happen, dreams change, people move on, and that’s just the way life goes.

But enough about me, let’s talk about the Hash! A good trail by Leech My Nuggets that started and ended at his house here in Alta Vista.

And that was my Monday. Well, I did get to spend some quality time with a very special friend after the Hash. We shared a chicken and some comfort. Sometimes that is all you need.

And now for today’s “sermon”:

Now, I don't want to lose you
But I don't want to use you
Just to have somebody by my side
And I don't want to hate you
I don't want to take you
But I don't want to be the one to cry

And that don't really matter
To anyone anymore
But like a fool I keep losing my place
And I keep seeing you walk through that door


But there's a danger in loving somebody too much
And it's sad when you know it's your heart you can't trust
There's a reason why people don't stay where they are
Baby, sometimes love just ain't enough

Now, I could never change you
I don't want to blame you
Baby, you don't have to take the fall
Yes, I may have hurt you
But I did not desert you
Maybe I just want to have it all

It makes a sound like thunder
It makes me feel like rain
And like a fool who will never see the truth
I keep thinking something's gonna change

But there's a danger in loving somebody too much
And it's sad when you know it's your heart you can't trust
There's a reason why people don't stay where they are
Baby, sometimes love just ain't enough

And there's no way home
When it's late at night and you're all alone
Are there things that you wanted to say
And do you feel me beside you in your bed
There beside you where I used to lay

And there's a danger in loving somebody too much
And it's sad when you know it's your heart they can't touch
There's a reason why people don't stay who they are
Baby, sometimes love just ain't enough
Baby, sometimes love, it just ain't enough