Second Best Marigold Hotel Quotes

I cannot rest from travel.
I will drink life to the lees.
All times I have enjoy'd greatly,
For always roaming with a hungry heart
Much have I seen and known;
I am a part of all that I have met;
Life piled on life
Were all too little, and of one to me
Little remains: but every hour is saved
From that eternal silence, something more,
A bringer of new things
... from Ulysses by Alfred, Lord Tennyson


speaking to something that we all know and should never forget
That every hour brings new things.
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Two things we can give our children
Roots and wings
and their wonderful families have given them roots and now they can take flight together.


This is what the young make us remember
that in the end, it's all very simple.
That all it takes, is to look into someone's eyes and say,
Yes, this is what I want,
and for them to reply, it's what I want too,
and there is nothing to be afraid of.

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I spent 40 years scrubbing floors and the last months of my life as co-manager of a hotel halfway across the world.

You have no idea now what you will become.

Don't try and control it.

Let go.

That's when the fun starts. 

Because as I once heard someone say, 

There's no present like the time

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Seen on a gift keyring on Facebook this morning:

Darling, I may not be your first date, your first kiss, or your first love, and that's fine because, I just WANT ALL OF MY LASTS TO BE WITH YOU.

A New Year

Today is January 7, 2021 and one week of the new year has been spent already. I'm old enough to know that making resolutions doesn't work for me, so I won't. I do write here often, but mostly private writings, to help me make sense of things. I will try to publish those writings which may have value for others, and which are not too personal this year.

2020 was awful for everyone, myself included, but there was much joy mixed with the loneliness and angst. My person became my person, and that is the greatest gift I have ever received, next to my daughter. I retired as I originally planned to do at 65. I decided to move to Beaufort, SC in 2021, which is my happy place, and will make me just minutes away from my confessor, his healthy parish with a full liturgical life, and my person. My person and I have promised to help and take care of each other in our old age, which is upon us already. I have always loved him, but now that we have grown closer... my love and respect for the person he has become simply grows each time we are together. He inspires me to be better than I am.

To move forward this year, I need to get fitter so I can lead the life I want to lead and be a candidate for knee replacement. I also need to do a massive reduction of stuff and sell this house so I can move. I also hope to grow my relationships in and with my new place. That includes my person.

So, it's time to get to work. I squandered week 1 of 2021. I will not squander week 2.

Je suis prest.