Catching up

So the daily writing by the wayside. Two weeks of political conventions just left me overwhelmed at all the magnificence of country. I wish. The political scene in the US is about beautiful and sophisticated as the feeling you get stepping in dog shit. Been thinking about better things. Children maturing and returning home with new experiences. Also, still returning home and appreciating the old ones. It is real challenge to not fall in love with the "new" and still care for "old" relationships in our lives. No doubt the divorce rate reflects this difficulty. New relationships are very much like "falling in love" versus loving. Falling in love is very much about the newness of the experience of another. Loving is caring for another after all the new is gone and is replaced by a deep commitment. Both are good experiences and should be a progression to the best relationships in our lives. The other relationships where it does not happen, are hard on all of us. Disappointment, anger, or sorrow await the transition from "in" to "out" of love. While these negative emotions may seem justified at the person we fall out of love with, it seems a little wrong to feel that way towards the other person. They did not change. Our perception of him/her did as the experience went from new to old.