Saturday, February 12, 2011

It wouldn't have been such a big deal really...

..had they not already announced it to the ENTIRE, WESTERN WORLD !
I mean...
Going "public" with this kind of news came on the heels of
 much soul searching, countless hours of heady deliberation,
and DEEP, honest introspection...
So...
What can we learn from the FAUX PAS of those who've come before us ??
That...
1)You can lead a horse to water, but you can NEVER EVER make him drink !
2) That even if you've had something
 NOTARIZED, DOCUMENTED,
 and AUTHENTICATED  'ad nauseum'....
YOU STILL must leave marginal space for error and omission ...
and
3) That nothing, aside from GOD, ever truly belongs to you exclusively...
Having said all of the above...
At the same time,
be sure not to lose that sparkle which belongs only to you!
that light of HOPE and non-jaded expectation....
For without that 'ingenue' that you wear SO BEAUTIFULLY...
life ceases to have MAGIC and ROMANCE and PLAY !
I KNOW....
it's a mixed bag of seemingly superfluous advice...
but...
Don't say I didn't warn you !!

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