Between Christmas and New years

Thinking as I do in great depth in the middle of the night when sleeping evades me, I thought about how we often try to be someone we are not. I smile about it often now. If we have straight hair we desire curls, if we are short, we want to be tall, if we are skinny we want more weight, if we are heavy we want less weight. 

I notice this, along with much more. 

What I've learned this year, and many before, is that we often discount what we are, as we search for what we are not. 

I think it's very normal to want what we are not as we travel through life, yet what we are gets missed. Knowing yourself, and capitalizing on this is where it's really at. 

Taking advantage of knowing you well enough that you use the attributes you have to the fullest as you travel through life. I've read before others say you "embrace you" kinda like hug yourself,  more like knowing yourself well enough to run with the person you are, not wish you were someone else. 

This thought is not something new, philosopher's have been pecking at this for eons, yet every person has to travel their own road to get to this realization.  

This we have all heard is one of the hard knocks in life that once accepted, life becomes easier. Just knowing yourself is a part of it, capitalizing on you, now that's the real trick. Or as I hear young people say "That's really sick!" 

I laugh to myself when I hear that, as in my time, sick wasn't what it is now 😅 

When you know the person you are well, you act on your strong points, and leave what you struggle with for others that find this easy. A painter or other artist, just does it is what I see, they create. I don't see me as that, yet I do create, just different stuff. I'm fortunate to have the mechanical ability to repair most anything.  Yet I know my limitations,  and leave much of the mechanical work to others, even if I might think I know what the fix might be. 

I love to meet people, I love to engage young, old, all kinds of people ❤️  I love to pet a dog, as well as talk with the very proud owner, tell them how beautiful their dog is. Or a parent how Fantastic their child is, or listen as they tell me just how great their child, or grandchildren are. 

Conversation where I listen actively,  that's realy great. I love to watch as others hug, express there love, like watching Polly give big hugs as she hasn't seen someone for along time. I hug too, but I'm not as quick to it as Polly. 

We Polly and I sat at the edge of the water on a realy nice wooden bench yesterday, lookng out on the sailboats in the wind, was warm, and sunny, just a almost perfect day. We both realized it too. Polly even said just how great it was, and how it looked so beautiful the view, with the sailboats in the wind. 

    doesn't look like much here now. 

Ya know, it's really great to share these exact moments fully with someone at anytime in your life, yet as we travel through our lives only a few times do we realy have the exact same thoughts as we see something.  Polly and I have them often, we are fortunate. Yet yesterday's thought, as we looked at that beautiful view was really special for me, we stopped. Sat longer than usual, really took it all in. I'll remember that moment for along time. 

We took a few photos, and laughed as we took them. 🤣 

        looking down lol 😆 

         looking up lol 😆 

         then somewhat normal 😅 

We sat and talked, watched others taking photos,  some for others, some selfies,  some I thought might fall off the edge. 

We really took time with each other yesterday along the waterfront,  a little shopping,  and little dog petting,  a little conversion with others we would meet, a few photos for others. Polly said as we sat, how friendly the town was, she really thought this was a friendly place. I agreed,  as all of our experience had been great. 

Yet we had seen much homelessness here, bums I used to call them, I see them differently now. Some were mentally challenged,  they had exceptional problems. On our way back to our hotel we saw one guy that had his own two police escorts, along with another cop further behind, looking like he had done something, or they were expecting him to.

I'm guessing this is why we come to the conclusion is a very nice city, there is much security here, I also noticed this at the public bathroom by the park had 3or 4 or more security all around, two women in an office just controlling entering and leaving washrooms with a button that unlockedthe doors. I think now,  as so many different homeless people,  and many not right in their heads, this security was, is needed. 🤔 

So it's not a perfect place,  yet if you looked past the imperfection, or just passed by, all seemed very nice.  Thinking back at our walk along the waterfront, there wasn't many people that hung out,  homeless looking there. Controls there I'm guessing now. I'll have to go for another walkabout there sometime again and look just a bit differently as I walk.

We both really liked this statue of lovers kissing 💋 as they came back, or were going? 

        I just had to have a better look 😆 

The aircraft carrier was huge

Lobsters all going to China worth Big $$$$ there the fisherman said.

Once we got home to our air B&b, we were both really tired, with sore feet, and backs. Was along day. Polly said she was really sweaty,  didn't know why. She said this a couple times.  I was concerned, kinda scared me abit, but after she was fine she said.

A snooze,  and a little TV,  then dinner at the best Taco 🌮 place around,  El Gordos was mmm good.

We didn't go to the casino we had planned,  we just took a short walk to the seven eleven for a few goodies before going to our room for the night. We realized our limitations,  and gave in to being just to tired to go out tonight.  

Travel is great, as long as you take the time to enjoy it, and realize your limits.  Today we will travel back to Yuma, knowing we had a really good visit with friends here, as well as a good day on our own too. 

Lucky us hey. 

❤️ our life