Inspirational Short Story, Female Fantasy Art, Relaxing Music

Walk Away Renee

Nothing is more difficult than competing with a myth.

-- Francoise Giroud

Sometimes we think we need to try and be something we're not.

Maybe we feel pressure from friends to behave or dress like someone else.

All we need to do is remember when we were younger and dressed in our parents' clothes and shoes.

We pretended to be grownups, and it was fun for a while.

Then the huge shoes on our feet grew clumsy and uncomfortable and the mountain of rolled-up sleeves kept falling down and getting in the way.

Soon we grew tired of the game and stopped pretending.

Today when we start feeling the pressure to be someone else, let's remember how hard it is to play a role that doesn't fit us.

Only with winter patience

can we bring

the deep desired,

long-awaited spring.

-- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Family life requires patience. We probably realized that a long time ago.

The Greek origin of the word patience is pathos, which means "suffering."

In our lives together, we often suffer.

Life is full of bumps and scrapes, both physical and emotional.

In our search for greater family unity and harmony we need to realize that we will not be able to escape all suffering.

This is why we need patience.

It is a form of love.

When we suffer the bumps and scrapes and still have faith something good will come of it, we are living out our love.

From this winter-patience we will surely find a reward.

Muddy water,

let stand,

becomes clear.

-- Lao-tzu

Inspirational Short Story, Female Fantasy Art, Relaxing Music

A group of friends went swimming one day and one of them lost a ring in the bottom of the lake.

Everyone started diving from different directions to find it until there was so much mud and sand stirred up that no one could see anything.

Finally, they decided to clear the water.

They waited silently on the edge of the shore for the mud from all their activity to settle. When it finally cleared, one person dove in slowly and picked up the ring.

When we are confused about something in our lives, we will often hear answers and advice from all directions. Our friends will tell us one thing and our families another, until we feel pretty well mixed up.

If we look away from our problem and let patience and time do their work, the mud inside us will settle and clear.

Our answer will become visible, like the glimmer of silver in the water.

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10/30/2024

Teddy bear divider from Hobo's Country Graphics (dead link 10/2002)

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Walk Away Renee

Written by Bob Calilli, Michael Lookofsky & Tony Sansone

Sung by The Left Banke

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And when I see the sign that points one way

The lot we used to pass by every day

Just walk away Renee

You won't see me follow you back home

The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same

You're not to blame

From deep inside the tears I'm forced to cry

From deep inside the pain I chose to hide

Just walk away Renee

You won't see me follow you back home

Now as the rain beats down upon my weary eyes

For me it cries

(Instrumental Interlude)

Just walk away Renee

You won't see me follow you back home

The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same

You're not to blame

Your name and mine inside a heart upon a wall

Still finds a way to haunt me though they're so small

Just walk away Renee

You won't see me follow you back home

The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same

You're not to blame

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