Sammy's Musings and Insights

I found this link today when looking up something on Dictionary.com. It encouraged me to try to do the impossible, perhaps it will for you as well. http://www.adultdatingadultdating.com/stories/02/getting-over-the-fear-of-asking-someone-out/ I know, another dating blog, but this actually finally makes perfect sense to my problem. I mean, I am not sure if I am looking to date this particular person, but at least it's a start, a place to begin. I mean, call me crazy, but the old fashioned flirting and wonderment of the first discovering an attractive man is a magical thing. Old fashioned romance is also a magical thing and one that is worth all the wait.

When you love something, set it free. If it comes back to you, it's meant to be. Or how about this one: to love is to let go. Or how about this little truth: absence makes the heart grow fonder. Is there some truth to these old sayings or they just that: sayings?

Like everything else, knitting is a slow and painful process to learn. The last couple of months I have been trying to master one simple stitch, the knit stitch, according to basic principles a very easy stitch. Well, this easy stitch I finally mastered after four months; after countless times of casting on stitches, pulling out yarn and beginning again after flubbing stitches, and endless times of throwing the needles on the floor, across the room, etc. I finally got it. Hopefully if I keep at this, if the instructions prove right, all these stitches will produce the long awaited scarf. I just feel sorry for the poor soul who will be the receiver of this scarf, because it will have mistakes in it, but everything in creation must have a few flaws in it right?

First and foremost, I apologize for not posting anything sooner. I know two months, where has she been right? Well, that's an interesting story, not one that can be all summoned up on a post, but let's break it down here and I will describe my last two months. (By the way, this may end up as the subject of my second book, if I ever finish my first book. I am also changing any and all names, to spare any embarrassment to whoever may be reading this.) Let's see where shall I begin in this little story? Let's see, how many of you have seen Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, the film, not the book? Remember Lena's adventures in Greece, she visits her grandparents, meets Greek boy, falls in love, and lives happily ever after? Remember the stumbles she took along the way, where she was hesitant in falling for Kostas and her family's dissaproval? Well, something similar happened to me though not in that context completely. It all begins one beautiful late August...

Why is it that when a recession or disaster or threat comes it turns people against each other? This I have never understood. One day you are friends and the next day, you are not. In times of great struggle, you need to stand together and be strong and hope for the best, not stab each other in the back and tell lies and gossip. 1) It's not polite, and 2) it will resolve anything that you are dealing with. Whether you are losing your job or upset with your friends or feel stressed over your life and finances, there is no need for it. I know one prejudice still exists in the working world and that is young people driving out older people in the workforce. I may be young, but I have seen it many times in many jobs over my career of 10 years in secretarial work. I know the stereotype for the young is negative, that we are too naive and too reckless, at the same time, too ambitious and too unscrupulous as well. I know this because over the last year I have heard this described...

For those that do read this blog please take heed some advice: --never gossip about someone: it's rude. --don't assume that person doesn't know: he or she does. --be a bit considerate with other people's time: if you say you want to get together for homework on a certain day, or you have to be at your job at a certain time, follow through: it's disrespectful to do so otherwise, or the other person and of their time. --rules were set for a reason: follow them to the letter don't pick and choose. --don't assume you know a person and know what is best for them. So before you tell your friend to consider another job or another guy, whatever, let that person do their soul-searching before you put your nose in it. --When someone asks for help, help them!!! --While I like honesty, there is some room for compassion. Don't jump down someone's throat or assume they are a bad person. --If you something is up, say it, don't sugarcoat it. One other piece o...

I know amongst many of my friends there is question of my religious beliefs, do I still believe in God, why attend a different faith, will there ever be a time I will return, etc. For those who still ponder this question: hang on a moment and I will tell you. For those who do not know me, let me fill you in on some info: As you know, I was born to parents of different denominations of the Christian faith, yet however they are very similar as well. My mom is devout Lutheran who took my sister and I to Lutheran church for two years only when she was struggling with personal issues of her own. She thought at the time she was an alcoholic. I don't know whether she was or not, but she was struggling with depressed, negative emotions as well. I was 10 years old. My dad is a self-proclaimed Catholic, who has not set foot in a church since his confirmation. I found this out when the LDS visited our door the first time when I was 19 (at the time, it was the elders who visited). Durin...