Clean Slate

Remember me? I was here last August. I spent 2 nights with you.
We shared lovely meals. Deep thoughts. Great memories. Table tapping.
Those were some special times.

I watched many go by. And noticed the smallest of things. You entertained me on the "tacky" deck which I've grown to love and on that busy sidewalk.

Remember the bus moment? Now that was funny in an awful way. All the cars buzzing by. People waiting for a spot. They came in twos, threes and more. But they continued to come and stay.

Across the street, was the cutest gallery. Remember that?

Well, here's the update.

The gallery is gone. The deck is gone. The sidewalk tables are gone. But the tree is still there standing in the parking lot, endlessly waiting for the warmth of the summer, lonely. Waiting for a new beginning, a clean slate.

Isn't that what everybody wants?

A clean slate, a new beginning, another chance.

Things don't go the way you want them to, ever. But should that stop you in your tracks? Never.

A new year, a new book, a new meal. But still same foundation.

While tapping on that table, with every thought that crosses my mind, I ask to revive that feeling. It's always been there. Will always be there. But sometimes, when things don't go your way, you get distracted.

But {Whatever}. You don't bail when times get hard! When things change. When they don't go your way.

Just press reset.