sandy toes.

{wouldn't it be nice} click please.

this phrase was first coined as a song by the legendary singing group the beach boys, about 45 years ago {in 1966}. "In a 1996 interview, Wilson stated, "'Wouldn't It Be Nice' was not a real long song, but it's a very 'up' song. It expresses the frustrations of youth, what you can't have, what you really want and you have to wait for it.' " {yes i actually went to wikipedia to find the date in which the song was first sung, which, while were on that, can you believe its been 45 years since that song 1st came out?? anyway, and while on wiki. found that quote from brian wilson and liked that that's what he said the song was actually about since i was basically thinking the same thing...although its really not rocket science based on the lyrics...}

but anyway so i was listening to this song today while watching a movie with some friends and it struck such a cord with me. previously in the day i had been doing something which i hate to admit i do sometimes, although i suppose most everybody does it some point or another, but i found me pitying myself. and i was pitying myself over things of which i will not divulge to you at this time, however i will say that it was over something i later realized was pretty insignificant in the long run. hearing the words "wouldn't it be nice" made me think. yes, yes it would be nice if i could have 'blank' but i can't so whats the point of being upset about it?

there are so many things i want at the moment, that i just can't have. and some of the things i know i'll never have and some things i know i'll just have to wait for. waiting seems to be the hardest. i think the reason is, is because i want to just fast forward to a time in my life where i can have that thing, however i don't want to wish my life away. so, as you can imagine i'm in a pretty tricky state of mind at the moment. i feel like thats how a lot of people feel though. and that got me thinking why is it that we wish for so many things when we already have so much? why do we pity ourselves over something that can't be changed? and that leads to the age old wonder of why we are so unhappy with what we already have. why was i feeling so sorry for myself about this one thing when 99% of my life right now is pretty wonderful? and furthermore why was i letting it get me so down?

after thinking about this i decided to stop stressing over my earlier quandary and decided to be happy about the things that were good in my life. focus on the good. it always makes a day brighter.

wouldn't it be nice. wouldn't it be nice if there wasn't so much to pity ourselves about?wouldn't it be nice if there wasn't so much hurt? wouldn't it be nice if the world was black and white?..would it be nice?..no i like that the world has color, even if that color does leads to hurt every once in a while. it makes the life we live, worth living. makes the good, so good. it makes life interesting, and interest is always a good thing to have.

{because its appropriate for a beach boys topic...and because i visited the beach yesterday and it was just heaven}

this was taken on a recent trip to san luis obisbo.

i hope this finds you in happiness, health and love xoxo

to be continued