I’m writing this article about why it is important to let go of the past and move into a new direction when moving to a new area. I’m a writer and editor by trade and one of the things I’m trained to do is write about the present in a way that is both informative and interesting.
This is one of those times when I wish there was a better way to do things. My last post was about the importance of keeping in touch with your old friends and family and how important it is to stay connected to your past. But the old way of doing things is just that, old. There are so many things that should have been done years ago.
Sometimes our old habits are just better than our new ones, even if the benefits of the habit are not as obvious. This is where changing habits is needed. Not just for the obvious benefits of being able to move around more, but for so many other things as well.
I’m talking about things that have always been done that you didn’t even know you were doing. And you can’t really expect to be an active participant in your own routine when all you know is how to drive and how to shoot a gun.
My wife and I have always wanted to be able to do something old when we got married. Now we’ve got a son who does the same. But a lot of the time he’s not doing the stuff that his father wanted him to do. He’s doing things that his dad doesn’t want him to do.
My brother has always wanted to be a lawyer so when he was in high school, he started working on the case of a DUI. After he graduated, he was asked to represent the parents of the accused to get in the juvenile court. I know it sounds like a bad joke, but as a lawyer, you don’t just represent the kid you represent the process. You are the judge, jury, and prosecutor. You have to be actively involved in the process.
I have heard this joke before. My brother and his family were driving back from Charlottesville. They had a conversation with their father about their choice of lawyer and when they heard the joke, they started laughing along with me. To them it seemed like something that people would say, but I knew thats not how it works. I knew exactly what they were talking about when I heard that joke.
I’ve also heard this joke. I don’t know how I got it, but it was one of my earliest memories. In fact, I’ve heard this joke about 20 times. I know what the joke is because I saw it on television.
In this particular case, the joke comes from the book “The Book of My Life.” In it, a woman (the narrator) is talking to her friend about the events of her life. The narrator says she is doing what friends do and that is to “break news.” Well I guess that is what the joke is, but I have no idea if that’s a real word. My wife actually called me and asked me if I knew what the word was.