A letter never sent but never forgotten

Dearest Wife and Son,

I love you both so much! I'm sorry for the times that I lost touch with the wondrous miracles of my life, namely you two. I am a fool that has to fight to remember how special you two are to me. It shouldn't be that way and the fault is mine. I miss out on so much and that is my greatest regret. I let the pitfalls of life trip me up from appreciating my family. Even when I don't say it or show it there is this hidden battle raging within me. Always do I race to catch up because always do I fall behind. I don't want to fail you two. And would do anything to see to your happiness. I love you both with all my heart and I miss every moment I am away from you.

Love,
Your greatest admirer.

Next Christmas

I just had this thought that I wanted to share... Next Christmas I don't want anything. No gifts, not gift cards, no money, nothing. Wish me a merry christmas, come for a visit... fine. Instead take what you would have given me and give it to someone who truly needs it, a homeless or needy person. Someone down in their luck. Granted I will appreciate you for your selfless gift to me but I will appreciate you even more for your gift to another you don't know and perhaps who could use it a bit more then I.

Judging humanity

It is frustrating to me to think about how people view others that have had some of the skeletons in their closet outed. Each individual is a complex mess of good and bad and while yes many decidedly choose a particular path, a lot of us are a mixture of both. I am a big culprit in this as the negatives a person has, that I am aware of, are of a heavier weight in my judgment/reaction of/to/about them than the positives. One thing I will say in defense of that perception, is it is a safe way to be as then you remove yourself from potential danger related to those negatives a person has as much as possible. On the reverse side, you run the risk of not being able to understand/view the whole by letting some part(s) of a person turn you away. That may very well be your loss then if that person turns out to have many good aspects to them as well. It's such a puzzle to me, I was never good at figuring out people...