I WILL ALWAYS BE MYSELF!

Am I the only one that still uses an iPod? Most people use their phone for music. But I like the easy transportability of my iPod, especially since it's so light. My case has protected it all these years so it looks brand new. But I don't use it very often and every time I download new songs, it's a new learning experience. Yuck!! Actually that's true for any technology I use infrequently. (As I write, the true essence of my thoughts come out, please stay with me for a minute.)

This morning I downloaded several Stevie Wonder songs, including Superstition and I Just Called To Say I love You, plus Marvin Gaye's Got To Give It Up. I love R&B and I think...it's the music that moves my soul the most...and my feet! Yesterday I went to physical therapy and they always play the best Oldies But Goodies.

The physical therapist went over my exercises with me, asked me to lie down for icing my shoulder, and then gave me infrared. She also does some massage and always seems to find just the right spots that need help. It's usually relaxing, until a wonderful dancing song comes on. Here I am lying down, all ergonomically correct with a small roll up under my neck and something under my knees to take the weight off my back.

Then after a 2 minute silence several songs come on that make me want to dance. My upper body is very still, and my hands start tapping and my feet dance. As I leave, Marvin Gaye came on and I could not help myself, and neither could Dottie. We danced to our hearts content for about a minute and loved every second!

That little act of spontaneity filled my body with endorphins and gave everyone around us a great big smile. Life is too short to be worried about what others think.

I will always be myself and along with that I suppose I need to warn the world, and my children....I am only going to get more outgoing and less inhibited. Haha! I am going to have more fun, never at another persons expense, but always remembering to remain true to myself. I love to laugh, and as I always say I am my own home entertainment system! Each of us needs to remember there will always be people that will be different than us and will not understand us. At the same time there will always be people that like us and love us, and completely get who we are. Surround yourself with those people. If getting along with your immediate family takes extra work, that's life. Work extra hard to make those relationships work, to the best of your ability. But choose friends that know you and love you. Always remain true to yourself.

Life is give and take. And trust me, with grown children and now a grand daughter, a simple kind word goes a long way, or an apology that you feel is not up to you. No matter how someone treats you at any given moment, we must remember they may be going through something unbearable. It always feels better to walk away having done or said the right thing. I have many regrets. And I have learned that taking the high road, in the end, is always right.

Thank you, good night and God Bless!!   Aleta

"I would always rather be happy than dignified." Charlotte Bronte - English Novelist and Poet