Welcome to my blog!

The name comes from the Old English word (sabat), which comes to us through Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. It's origin is "to rest", and is etymologically connected to Sabbath and Sabbatical. It seemed appropriate... given my current time of transition. This blog allows a place for personal reflection, shares my whereabouts and happenings, but most importantly - it is a vehicle for your reactions to my submissions. My hope is that, as a group, we have a running dialog pertaining to those things that really matter.

I promise to read each post, but please know that replies may be sporadic and/or delayed. For my plans in the near-future will frequently have me "out of pocket", or I may just need to escape the day-to-day deluge of electronic ping pong . But feel free to submit a post. We are all traveling together on this journey to understand, called life; and each perspective is important.

Let's keep in touch as we share the journey!

Be well,

Sam

Monday, September 13, 2010

Momma Said...

As I thought about the poem,The Journey, (see earlier post), I was reminded of a saying that I had heard from my mom. It went, "You can't please everybody, so be sure to please yourself." Or at least I thought that was the way it went, until I asked her about it one day. You see, my mom is the most selfless person I know, yet the saying seemed very self centered, and thus - very out of character for her.  She corrected me (not the first, nor last time)... actually it goes, "You can't please anybody until you please yourself." That makes more sense (especially coming from my mom). One cannot supply water for others if his/her own personal well is dry. Sometimes you have to allow the needed time to dig your well just a little deeper.
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