"RETURN TO POOH CORNER"

Just because Kenny Loggins and Amy Grant happen to sing this song together is NOT the reason why I LOVE it so much. Listening to the lyrics always makes me reminiscent of the simpler days of my youth. Children seem to have a way of emitting a sort of blind innocence; innocence that I seem to have forgotten along the way. My life has become so hectic and stressful that I don't have time to appreciate the simple things in life. And yes, I know that you make time for the things that you care the most about, so maybe my priorities lie in the wrong place. Why must I feel that it is such a task to call Terri and ask her how she did on her PSATs? Why must I "pencil in" free time with people that I love? Have I strayed that far from Christopher Robin and the Woods? Instead of being happy with what I have, I end up coming home each day tired and irritable. For what? Granted, stress is inevitable, and to a certain degree, stress can be good. But why do I do the things I do when I apparently don't even have time for the things that DO mean a lot to me? It's not that I rank other things above what I love. It's cuz there are just things that need more immediate attention than others, and that sometimes means putting the things I care about second on my list of things to do. But mentally, my family and friends ALWAYS comes first, even if that's not always the way it seems.

Unforunately, I seem to have lost touch with many of my friends from high school. People that I used to talk to every night have slowly slipped away from me, almost to a point where I don't even TRULY KNOW them anymore. Not a day goes by that I don't stop and wonder what Kenny's up to. Our paths in life somehow hit a fork in the road, and he chose left and I went right. Over the years, I've found myself hitting many forks with other people. I understand that our paths are bound to diverge, but does that also mean that we stop talking to each other? Will our paths ever cross again? I think it's time to rekindle old friendships and hopefully "return to Pooh Corner by one." There's more to life than just meeting deadlines...