Dichotomy
So many things that are true have opposites that are true as well.
Such as?
"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." Yeah, yeah, don't worry, be happy. We know this.
But also consider-- "God helps those who help themselves." Hmmmm.
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder" is true, of course.
But also true is the opposite: "out of sight, out of mind."
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.
True enough. But really, names CAN hurt. Names can hurt worse than any sticks. Words are powerful.
What does this all mean? I don't know.
I was planning to give a list of tearjerker songs today for no reason. Just sometimes you're in the mood, you know?
For my money, LOVE HURTS by my main man Roy O is the premier tearjerker song of all times. I hate to say it, but my girlfriend and I played it over and over and over the day after President Kennedy was shot [although I couldn't have been born yet].
It just makes you feel so weepy and sometimes weepy is good.
REASON TO BELIEVE by Rod Stewart gets me every time.
"Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried.." 
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? Theme song for all booty calls.
When you're ready to stop feeling sorry for yourself, give a listen to REO Speedwagon's TIME FOR ME TO FLY. A great song of freedom "I make you laugh and you make me cry." That's not a good paradigm, dude.
Oops, fifty cent word.
And finally, when you're feeling good again, try a little Patty Smith and Scandal doing GOODBYE TO YOU. If that doesn't get you out of your seat and doing a little righteous karaoke, then you are too far gone for help.
I'd forgotten how good music is. Music helps your life.
A bientot
love,
b
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