You should see my other life.

I’m comforting myself with that thought as I’m vacuuming up the millionth hairball that Simon has pulled out of his belly. Hey, that’s how he comforts himself, neurotic or not.

But as I was vacuuming and got to thinking about parallel universes, quantum mechanics and the potential validity of it all, I wondered how my counter part might be existing.

My first thought was she must be living on the Riviera, cocktail in hand, tanned and my guess is a svelte size 5. Money doesn’t appear to be an issue and damn she is really yucking it up and hellooooo stud man.

Bitch.

Hmmph. Generally, the thought process is, that parallel universes would act independently of us, not as a mirror, and they do exist as Hugh Everett, figured out. But then I got to thinking if that is so, then maybe they are acting out every other decision good or bad, we make. Carrying that thought further and thinking the other me must have it so much better, I thought maybe I’ll turn things around in 2008 and do things very differently than I have done for the past forty four years. I mused on that for but a moment, then realized that was kind of arrogant of myself, and what if my life, is the result of her actions?

Well, I had to stop vacuuming for a moment and ponder that ponderable and how could I learn from that and use it to my advantage? Do I really want to screw over my other self even in another dimension? Hardly, if she has that yin/yang pull on mine. Cause and effect, and an equal and opposite reaction and all that noise.

So to be fair to myself in both worlds, I decided to stay the course of what I know and let experience pull me through. If I reflect on this past year, it definitely has had its moments, but at the end of the day, the good outweighed the bad. I’ve found old friends from the past and have rekindled those relationships, held onto the ones that are important and vital to me, and have learned I have to let some go, no matter how hard it is, but they were poisoning my soul. I’ve lost important people in my life, but as long as we remember them, they truly are never gone. Financially, phht..ok, not my best year, but I did what I had to do, and I’m rebuilding my credit. Globally, well hell, thank god everything is cyclical and I’m glad that the only thing constant is change. Just learn to roll with it, you may get dizzy, throw up a few metaphorical times, but that’s LIFE. I believe its the same in this world or the next.

I wish everyone a happy and safe holiday, and here’s to the future me, whatever I/we do!

I’ve got to make an appointment to shave the cat.

Original post date 2007-12-24