Saturday, January 03, 2015

Hello 2015.....

Hi Victor... it's Victor, just here to remind you........

What are your plans for 2015? (Pete Seeger)... Are you the type that believes in "Come what may?"... (Shirley Temple).. Do you make lists of things you've always wanted to do, and pull it out and look at it from time to time? (Sid Caesar)...

Do you look at your contact list on your phone, or within your email and think "hmmm, I haven't talked/checked in with so-and-so in a long time, maybe I oughta." (Mickey Rooney)..

Are there people you love, but you've yet to gain the fortitude to open up your mouth and simply tell them so? (Barbara Gibbons, Efrem Zimbalist Jr, Sheila MacRae).. Are there loved ones to whom in the past you've freely used the word 'love', but - haven't had as much contact as you should have with them? (Ruby Dee, Casey Kasem, David Brenner)...

Are there places you've always wanted to see, and they are within your budget, but, you never make plans - instead think "Eh, I will get there one day".... (Johnny Winter).. Can you afford to set aside $25 or so per paycheck to help visit some WARM climate/place come next winter? (Robin Williams)..

Close your eyes.. think back to your friends, the times you had in school.. your first (and second and maybe third job) - the fun you had, the faces that were around.. Wouldn't now be a good time to track some of those folks down? (James Garner)..

Do you ever play the game "If this were my last day on earth - what would I do, who would I see, what would I say?"... (Lauren Bacall)

Are there somewhat selfish things you've always wanted to do but never had the kahunas to put the plan in motion? Guitar/painting/writing lessons? Join a gym? Lay in bed a bit longer to finish that book? If you're in a relationship - would having alternate "Selfish, this is what I wanna do tonight/today/this weekend" work? (Joan Rivers)...

When's the last time you wrote/mailed a letter? Remember how fun it was the last time you received one? (Oscar de la Renta)...

Oh ok, so 'resolutions/lists' aren't for you.. whatabout one day at a time, waking up and thinking "Today I'm gonna (do something I've always wanted.. go see someone I haven't seen enough of late... email/text/call him/her...)... (Joe Cocker)..

Will you awaken the same time, this time next year - and not done any/all of the above? (Maya Angelou)...

But Victor? (Victor, if I've told you once, I've told you a hunnerd times, you CAN'T start a sentence with "But").. But Victor? What if you're not even here this time next year? (Polly Bergen, Tommy Ramone, Bobby Keys, Alvin Dark, James Brady, Ann Davis, Chuck Knoll, Tony Gwinn, Sam Lacey, Don Zimmer)

Victor... look around.. even on your Facebook page... within your email list... former coworkers.. former classmates.. loved family members... many, from 2014, are not with us in 2015.

Victor, do something worthwhile with your time............. please?

Love, Victurd

1 comment:

Jude said...

Watch the movie "Finding Forrester" in it there is a scene about starting a sentence with the word "but". It gives the exception to that rule.