And So It Goes

BY: Billy Joel

In every heart there is a room
A sanctuary safe and strong
To heal the wounds from lovers past
Until a new one comes along

I spoke to you in cautious tones
You answered me with no pretense
And still I feel I said too much
My silence is my self defense

And every time I've held a rose
It seems I only felt the thorns
And so it goes, and so it goes
And so will you soon I suppose

But if my silence made you leave
Then that would be my worst mistake
So I will share this room with you
And you can have this heart to break

And this is why my eyes are closed
It's just as well for all I've seen
And so it goes, and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows

So I would choose to be with you
That's if the choice were mine to make
But you can make decisions too
And you can have this heart to break

And so it goes, and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows

Work

“ No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt. ” — Max Beerbohm

Image of the past

It snowed today. While walking to a meeting and seeing the snow fall, I was reminded about the fall of 1987. There was a woman from Jamaica who's name I have long forgotten. It was the first snow of the fall semester and to see the wonder in her eye made me smile then. The thought of that moment captured as an image in my mind brought back the smile today. Most of my smiles people see today are not the genuine me. That person is currently working on their walls. Thank you Mother Nature for reminding me to smile today.

Alone

“The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration. ”

― Pearl S. Buck