Drama

Drama

Drama is defined as “a composition in verse or prose intended to portray life or character or to tell a story usually involving conflicts and emotions through action and dialogue and typically designed for theatrical performance”.

I know all to well about Drama. As I have had my fair share of it early in life. I have had Life, Drama, Baby Mama Drama, Car Drama, Family Drama, Relationship Drama, and Friend Drama. So if the above is the actual definition of drama why must it find me? I did not set out on life to be neither an actress nor a director.
If this thing called Drama is supposed to be played out on a stage, why does it find me in real life.
Is this a lifetime movie, willing for an actual end?
Shall the words that are used to describe an emotion be so fruitfully played out that the real reality can not be found?
I have a life to live and a family to tend too.
I have got stars to catch and love to nurture.
I did not ask for you Drama, so go your own way.
Please never find me again in another day.
So I say to you this word Drama leave me alone, find another stage to play.
My curtain has closed and there is no room for you to stay.
The lights have been shut off and the applause has stopped, there is no room for you Drama in this Lot.
Go back to your dressing room and take off your costume.
Remove the makeup and tell me what you see.
Is it a face so cruel you can’t even see?
But first you must walk the line of the real life where, battles are fought and friendships are lost, and love is UN recognizable.
Drama is inevitable but knowing the real from the fake is where truth is recognized.

Michael Jackson truly fulfilled his Dash

I thought i would re post this thought provoking poem. As I watched the MJ memorial yesterday. All I could think is this man truly fulfilled his "DASH". You could tell by the speeches, the fans, the family and the tears that welled up in the eyes of those whom never even met him. he will always be remembered and forever in our hearts.

The Dash Poem - by Linda Ellis

I read of a man who stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
From the beginning to the end
He noted that first came the date of her birth
And spoke the following date with tears,
But he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years
For that dash represents all the time
That she spent alive on earth.
And now only those who loved her
Know what that little line is worth.
For it matters not how much we own;
The cars, the house, the cash,
What matters is how we live and love
And how we spend our dash.
So think about this long and hard.
Are there things you’d like to change?
For you never know how much time is left,
That can still be rearranged.
If we could just slow down enough
To consider what’s true and real
And always try to understand
The way other people feel.
And be less quick to anger,
And show appreciation more
And love the people in our lives
Like we’ve never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect,
And more often wear a smile
Remembering that this special dash
Might only last a little while.
So, when your eulogy is being read
With your life’s actions to rehash
Would you be proud of the things they say
About how you spent your dash?
©1996 Linda Ellis

When a Woman's Over it..

When a woman is over it, it is a sign that you better shape up or ship out.
When a woman is over it she shows signs of displeasure.
When a woman is over it she calls you on your BS before you even think of it.
When a woman is over she knows the lie you are about to tell before you tell it.
When a woman is over it, she lets you know with her subtle glaring eyes and the sucking of her teeth.
When a woman is over it she shows no sign of emotion.
When a woman is over she no longer cares about anything in the world but herself.
When a woman is over it you better steer clear of any possible confrontation.
When a woman is over it, if you want to keep her you better pull out all the stops.
When a woman is over roses can’t help and neither will apologies.
When a woman is over it life for you becomes sensitive.
When a woman is over it her eyes are dry not enough emotion to cry.
Once a woman no longer cry’s she has past the line of caring.
Once a woman decides she is done with your childish ways, there is no return.
What’s done is done, what’s said is said; when a woman is over it you have lost the best thing you could have ever had in your life. For she knows that it is not her loss it’s yours.

Random

Love is complicated. Especially when you can't quite figure out what you are suppose to do with it. Is it suppose to make you sad? Isnt love suppose to strengthen and renew your spirt? Isn't love suppose to uplift and help you to rejoice? I find that love is found in the wrong places. How can you truly be in love if you still have this desire and feeling that you are missing something?

Love is complex enough in its own nature. In addition to love most people sometimes realize that they are yet to be complete. You were not yet finished what you were set out to accomplish. This is why you feel something is missing.

If you feel like you are talking to a brick wall you probably are, beacuse it does not respond.

Why do my needs and wants become unimportant in light of things that are less important. That therefore makes me feel unimportant. So, what do you choose? To have me or not to have me.

Why? (Don’t mean to be Male bashing today but sometimes I just have to vent. Take it how you may.)

Why is it when a man has a good woman he feels the need to stray?
Why is it that a man really thinks having a “new” or “old” female friend is okay when you are in a committed relationship married or not?
Why do men think they can get away with hiding things from their significant other?
Why are men the only ones that don’t know that they suck at lying and hiding it?
Why do men not know that women were born to be investigative by nature?
Why do men think it is okay to disregard the feelings of your woman?
Why is it the woman who puts her life on hold to support her man and family, but the man can not do the same?
Why is it so hard for a man to admit the truth, are you fearful of losing what you have?
Why must a man always want their cake and eat it to?
Why must you void emotion to be truly successful and happy?
What happened to the days of courtship?
What happened to the days of a man truly providing for his woman?
Why does a man feel like he is the kingdom of his throne?
Why does a man not realize to be successful in the kingdom you must first have a Queen by your side?
Why do most relationships follow the same path every time?
Why do woman always suffer the brunt of the emotional breakdown?

Can you answer these questions? Don’t get mad because you know they are all true...

What I realized about love..

1 Corinthians 13:4-7: “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”

The above says it all... if you can truly read the passage above and truly feel like you exude each and every aspect of what it means to truly "Love", then you have far surpassed many person plight for self realization.

If however you read the above passage and think, wow, I don't have it. Then do not despair or lose sight of what can be achieved. To truly "Love", takes a lot of soul searching. You must first realize what the higher power has you on earth to do and then you will truly realize "love" and all of a sudden without question you will feel a sense of freedom, carelessness and peace like no other.

If you are wondering, I am still searching and learning about this feeling as I have not yet realized what it is and how to maintain.

Nameste'

Fortunate

Fortunate

Fortunate; Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment.

Isn’t it funny that the word Fortunate has a definition totally separate of the definition that we know? What does it mean to be fortunate?

There are many people in the world whom owe their lives to being fortunate. They are fortunate to have been brought up in the situation they were brought up in and blessed with the family and friends that they have. They are fortunate to have been able to get a higher education when they wanted it and fortunate to be able to lead the lives that they do. That is what fortunate should mean.

Husband’s and Wives are fortunate to have been able to find someone that they can not live without. Someone whom they can build their lives with and tell there inner most secrets. Someone in whom they can build morals and values with and put those into a family they build. To have another person in your life whom you can dream with and work with to make that particular dream come true.

American’s are fortunate to have been able to vote into office a powerful man whom has gained the respect of the majority of not just the United States but of the world. We were fortunate enough to look past the issues of some of American’s and not let that taint our mind enough to know what the right thing to do was grant America the wish for hope and change.

I am fortunate to be able to read, write, talk, laugh, cry, and love. Emotions that are often time absent from the people of some countries. Those people are not fortunate in the way we think being fortunate is however they probably feel that they are fortunate because they have the most powerful thing on earth. That is that they are Fortunate to have love and family. Two things that most of us take for granted.

So what is most important in your life that you are fortunate to have does it compare? Is it tangible? Can you live without it?

Are you fortunate?