Bus Transfer Fortunes

12/23/2025

Just because you made a mistake, doesn't mean you have to follow it through to completion. Get off at the next stop and take the next bus back.

12/22/2025

I’ve been trying to write the text to go along with this for months. It finally just dropped in my lap. Over and over I’ve tried to be the understanding person. I’ve tried to be the decent human being who shows grace. So many times though, showing compassion has just gotten me walked on. It’s hurt not just me, but those around me. I’ve watched other compassionate people around me let the same people do the same thing to them over and over again because they’re forgiving.

I think forgiveness and compassion and empathy are super important, but I think many of us let it go too far. I just had to nip that in the bud in my own life, and it felt s**tty. It made me feel like a bad person, but once someone has shown you who they are and what you can expect from them, you don’t have to let them keep walking on you. You can still care for them, and still feel empathy, but you don’t have to stand close enough to keep getting hurt by them. Walk away from that s**t. Let the people who’ve abused you and your kind heart find someone else to take care of them.

12/21/2025

12/18/2025

Do you know how many different lifetimes I've lived in the last 10 or 15 years? Do you know how many more I'm planning to live in the next few? I've watched my friends start new lives that never thought possible. You can too. Quit telling yourself all the reasons it's not possible and start taking the steps to make it possible.

12/13/2025

I've got a busy weekend
and a busy rest of the month
but hopefully you don't
and you can spend some time resting
(I'm not making any plans for January
that's when I'll be resting)

12/11/2025

The other day I realized how much of a difference it made in my day to take a few minutes to SIT DOWN and have a slow breakfast and cup of coffee. I'd gotten in the habit of standing over the counter eating my morning eggs and slurping and splashing coffee on the way up the stairs to get right back to work on a new lamp or something.

If I don't set aside a little time to be calm and enjoy a slow breakfast or read a good book or have one of those world changing naps like I had this morning, I'll never get it. That's now how life works. Life will fill every moment with chaos and things that need to be done. They're never ALL getting done anyway, and no matter how hard you work you'll never get to a life devoid of the unexpected catastrophe. If you want peace, make time for it now. Do it often. Make a habit of it.

12/10/2025

An old friend just posted about his years being sober and said, “I never thought I’d be the one preaching sobriety.” Well friend, you don’t have to! I love when people get sober. The thing I don’t like is that when it works for someone, they feel the need to preach it. I LOVE when people find ways to improve their life. I think sobriety helps a lot of people, but friend… just because it works for you doesn’t mean that’s the solution for everybody. You don’t need to preach it.

To be fair. I have written about sobriety at times, but sober people (especially newly sober people) pushing sobriety is such a huge pet peeve of mine, so I’ve tried really hard to avoid that. I’ve written about sobriety without preaching it in the same way I’ve written about divorce without preaching it. (I hope.) Make your own choices. Take your own journey.