TESTING THE WATERS of JOOMLA

                                 
                                    MEXICO

Old clashes with the new, unfortunately, the new doesn't stay new for long,
for in Mexico, the old overcomes and fixates all into a part of the landscape.

This happens with everything in Mexico.  The new cars soon are dented and patched, or thrown to the wayside to rust.  Houses made of cement and stone grow the green gilded algae and think nothing of that....

Once beautiful Senoritas, with long flowing manes of iridescent black hair, walk the paths of so many of the Senoras before them.  Worn and tired of bearing children and tortilla making... wondering if Jose will come home this time with the pesos, or will they be spent in some cantina on some willing dance girl.

Even the trees and brush and flowers seem old.  They grow long ranging roots, scalping against the mountainside, hanging onto life where they can.
Year after year, becoming old and fixated.

Convoluted visions of cellphones and internet cafes almost convinces you that there is some progress in Mexico, until you notice no one is using their cell phones.  Why?  No minutes.....

Mexico will always be, just, Mexico.

'Just sitting out on the back porch, after having done some late spring organizing, and having come upon an old envelope filled with ageing photos from back when everyone took their 'rolls of film to Kodak to get them printed..... I sipped my coffee, and took them out one by one and was transported to another time in my life.
I viewed scene after scene of events that had taken place, and at the time I had thought were important enough to snap a picture of......

The kids were little then....
Funny hairdo's, and goofy adolescent grins....

I must have spent quite a while reminiscing over those old photos...as my coffee became cold, and I flipped through one after another of my memories.

It dawned on me, that those moments I caught on film were forever gone, except for their fading images on these pieces of paper.
That time in my life was now only a memory, that thankfully could be recounted as I gazed at the photos...
But what struck me was the thought that those moments, that block of 'time, spent in the 'yesterdays of my life, were now today's memories.

That prompted me to consider, once again, how important it is to select how you chose to spend your today's, as they will become tomorrows memories.
Chose well, and enjoy each day, and love all those around you and tomorrow you will look back on your memory of today with a smile.

 
Mindful of the fact that everything changes all the time, and has changed since time began and will change till time ends.... I tip my hat to that fact.
Each new day a thousand changes take place all over the world, and even in my own backyard.
A new flower has bloomed, the dog didn't bark at the postman this time, and my newly tiled floor doesn't look as new as it did yesterday...(probably because the dogs walked on it)....
All that 'type of change is normal everyday life.  And, its actually refreshing to have these changes, even in little things.  Prevents boredom.

Life is full of changes.  We want to change our wieght, our hairstyle, our haircolor, change our clothes, our cars our homes.  Change our lifestyles, our religions, our views. We seem to thrive on constant change.

Change the tv channel, change the food we eat, change our careers....
Life Is Change, and that can be a good thing, until we convince ourselves that everything, all the time, MUST change, in order to be good.

I think its time to ponder what changes might not be needed, more so when very powerful people REFUSE to define EXACTLY what they intend to change... and WHY!

Do we really need to be in a state of constant change?  Does our lives have to really revolve around change, in order for us to be content?
Can some things just stay the same...and we all be happy with that?

Change is a very powerful word and concept, and I think we have convinced ourselves of its need in our lives in order to be happy, progressive and accomplishing our future.

With so much change in the air, lets all just take a step back for a moment and think about it.  Lets not be of the crowd mentality that flows with the moment, trying to change our world....... just because.
Maybe we should practice little change.... or change as needed.... or just let things be sometimes.

The Change in the air that bothers me of late, is the very word CHANGE.
I am beginning to see it everywhere, hear it everywhere, and its becoming a mandate from on high. And, the mandate I refer to is not from the "ON HIGH" that I take my orders from......

Just a thought folks.
Lets think about things a bit...and possibly not be so quick to Change.