Showing posts with label routine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label routine. Show all posts

Thursday, April 23, 2009

The Dance of Life

Life is nothing more than one large Arthur Murray Dance School. From the moment we take our first steps as toddlers, we go through life learning new and different steps. The music we dance to is the rhythm of life. With every new situation, relationship, and employer, we have to learn new steps to be successful.

As kindergarteners and throughout elementary school we learn the basic steps of how to get along with others, and how to play well with others. As we enter high school we get into more complicated relationships; boyfriends, girlfriends, dating, the steps we learn change and become more complex. We learn that in a relationship sometimes you call the tune, and sometimes the other person will call the tune you both dance to.

As young adults we learn that our employers, and bosses will be calling the tune, and teach us the steps we have to dance to. As we grow and move up the corporate ladder, we learn that we have to follow the tune of our bosses, while calling the tune for our underlings. The dance becomes more complex.

In marriage we often find that the steps that were once so exciting have become routine and boring. To keep a marriage alive and vibrant you have to incorporate new steps from time to time to stay interested, or in time we will find new partners to dance with.

There is an old saying that people hate change, that is true, but they really hate dull and routine even more. Life is all about growth and change, and we reflect that in our dance.

Today life is changing at a pace never seen before by man. Everyday it seems that we have to learn new steps in order to survive. Life is certainly more difficult, but it is definitely not boring.

As for me, I’m dancing as fast as I can.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Homeowner's Plight

I own a house. And like most houses, it occasionally needs routine maintenance. Well, routine for most people....There is nothing routine about maintenance when I am involved.

Most people think that I am a pretty intelligent person (people who don't know me well, anyway). But I just can't seem to get the knack of home repair. No matter how easy the job might appear, I end up making it look like I'm trying to tackle the "Manhattan Project".

So, for me, and all other inept people like me, I've written a song. It is sung to the tune of "I Want Candy" by the Strangeloves:
I own a house and things look bleak
The paint is peeling and the roof does leak
Can't change a bulb without falling off the ladder
My wife, she holds it, but that don't matter

I'm not handy! I'm not handy!

Got a clogged sink, and the fridge don't work
I should fix 'em, but I'm a jerk
I don't know pliers from a wrench
Can't even find my work bench

I'm not handy! I'm not handy!
I'm not handy! I'm not handy!
I'm not handy! I'm not handy!

Bad water heater, gutters that dangle
Ain't nothing 'round here that I can't mangle
Broken window and a ripped screen
If it gets any worse I'm gonna scream

I'm not handy! I'm not handy! No!

If a wire gets a short
I'll touch the wrong one and get a jolt
Got hospital bills by the pile
I keep 9-1-1 on speed dial

I'm not handy! I'm not handy!