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I associate myself with the word “chaos” as much as I do with my first name….I am chaos, but really, I create it for myself. I let myself get stressed, even though I know that it is not healthy, and I should not “sweat the small stuff.” –Obviously I need to read the book with the similar title. But It also really depends on what we value as the “small stuff,” if everything is an event for us then it is ok to seat it, huh?

Anyway, I have been trying to relax. I have been in my new job for almost 3 months and it is a joy. They put little to no pressure on me, and have commented on the pressure I put on myself. I am not used to this calm environment at all, and am attempting to not be so high strung. The following two songs from fabulous country radio are my current anthems for this feat:


Artist: Chesney Kenny
Song: Don't Blink
Album: Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates

I turned on the evening news
Saw a old man being interviewed
Turning a hundred and two today
Asked him what's the secret to life
He looked up from his old pipe
Laughed and said "All I can say is."

--Chorus--
Don't blink
Just like that you're six years old and you take a nap and you
Wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don't blink
You just might miss your babies growing like mine did
Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your "better half"
Of fifty years is there in bed
And you're praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think
So don't blink

I was glued to my tv when it looked like he looked at me and said
"Best start putting first things first."
Cause when your hourglass runs out of sand
You can't flip it over and start again
Take every breathe God gives you for what it's worth

--Chorus--
So I've been tryin' ta slow it down
I've been tryin' ta take it in
In this here today, gone tomorrow world we're livin' in

--Chorus--

Naw, don't blink
Life Goes Faster Than You Think
Don't Blink...


Artist: Alabama
Song: I'm In A Hurry (And Don't Know Why)
Album: American Pride

--Chorus--

I'm in a hurry to get things done
Oh I rush and rush until life's no fun
All I really gotta do is live and die
But I'm in a hurry and don't know why

Don't know why I have to drive so fast
My car has nothing to prove
It's not new
But it'll do zero to sixty in five point two

--Chorus--
Can't be late,
I leave in plenty of time
Shakin' hands with the clock
I can't stop
I'm on a roll and I'm ready to rock

--Chorus--

Oh, I hear a voice
That says I'm running behind
Better pick up my pace
It's a race
and there ain't no room for someone in second place