Jan 13, 2006 09:17
so now that i am working up at the weav again i get into a lot of small talk with all the customers that have been goin there for years. it's really awesome and they can always teach me something.
so there is this woman named julie. she has been coming every night around 8:30 to 9:00 as of late. she brings her dogs benji and gizmo with her. this woman, right now at least, is totally under duress. her mom has cancer, her brother is handicapped, and to make matters worse a little over a week ago her husband took a bad spill down the stairs and had some really bad head trauma. how bad? lets just say i know more about julie than he does. so we are sitting there talking about how her husband can't remember shit. and she says this...
"i was about to leave the hospital and my husband said he needed to come with me. i said where would you be going? he said he was going with me. and again i asked where too honey? then he said home. where is home? and he said i don't know. well i said i had to go gave him a hug and kiss and started to walk out. he stopped me and said we really take life for granted don't we."
right now i am holding down the lump in my throat which i swear to god she can see, but maybe she can't b/c she is crying herself.
"it's not about the car you drive, b/c that could get smashed up tomorrow. it's not about the house you have, b/c that could burn up tomorrow. it's all relative i guess. life is the burdens you get and how you handle them. think about that. when the sky is blue, look at it. if it's raining, enjoy even if it put a damper on plans. i guess what i am saying is live."
true story guys. read it, learn it, live it. i know it's already affected me.