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Tradition. When I looked that word up I saw: "A long established way of thinking or acting."

Hmm, how do we get a new one started? When do we designate what is tradition and what isn't? Who does the deciding? Yeah, who is the boss of tradition in our families??

I'm guessing that tradition starts with our elders and for them it was their elders, and so on. So if I'm correct, none of us decide our own traditions because they are foretold.

Well, that's not sitting well with me this morning. I got an email from my sister-in-law today and among other things she reminded me of where we should be for� T-day and Xmas. Shoot! I've been trying to buck the system for a long time but every year I wrestle with the same thoughts/feelings of guilt and obligation.

Tradition for other people always sounds so wonderful, for me it feels like a one way street. I should do what they want or look like a - what? Fill in the blank.

Back to square one, how does one get a tradition started? I've been having T-day & Xmas a certain way for only a few years now and I like the direction I've been headed, I believe it will evolve into my full dream eventually but only if I hang in there. So I've got to do just that and hope that no one feels slighted in the process.

I imagine I'm not the only one thinking/feeling like this. Sigh...

I think that Ralph Waldo Emerson was trying to make a point with this line. People will talk their talk but can they really walk the walk?� Its kinda like the election, they are saying what all they will do, they have really good ideas but will they actually do as they say..you can say something so geniune but when u do something sweet it means more..

I also relate this quote with another saying that a lot of people use today. Have u ever heard someone say "It is easier said than done"?� It is so much easier to say something than actually do it. So Ralph had a big point with his saying.

i'm not so down today have picked my self up and dusted my self off so now it does't bother me sitting here day after day i have cleaned the house to with in an inch of it's life so now i'm worn out but not down thats a good thing .my son has more exams in the mornning so he's like a bear with a sore head .when i think back this is the boy they said would never be able to pass an exam because he has sever dyslexia he only learnt to read at age twelve but now he is out doing the whole of his class he realy does make me proud every day he has worked hard to get where he is and nothing will stop him .and i say good for him i'm sure he will succeed in life where many others fail .

life sucks at times and when your down in the dumps every thing sucks even more than before .i have had the most boring week of my life so far and i cant stand just sitting arround with nothing to do and no one to talk to .i talk to the dog so much i think one day soon she will talk back to me .i hate this time of year dark days and even darker nights when your nearly blind it realy is dark all the time .in the summer months at least i can see a bit better to get out of the house but now i'm stuck here alone again and they wonder why i get deppressed. it's simple i'm lonley i long for conversation and friends i long for a normal life i long for sight back but most of all i long to who i was not what i have become .