So this past weekend I had the opportunity to hang out with a bunch of guys at the Renaissance Festival. This was a magnificent time. We laughed so much it seriously hurt. I guess that is the sign that it was a good day. The remarkable thing is the differences we all had and were able to come together and have a great time with out any of the garbage that really could have reared its ugly head.

Lets look at the demographics as they were for that weekend. We had ages 12 - 40 something. Gay, Straight, Married, Single, In a relationship, newly out of a relationship, Democrat, Republican, Meat Eaters and Vegetarians,  Pagan, and Non Pagan. We were a total mix all across the spectrum and that made no difference to a single one of us. We were there to have a good time and none of those things that tend to be dividers for people ever once came into play.

We laughed A LOT, made jokes with and about each other all day. Harassed the poor people that had to work there, Including heckling a Giant Tree Man until he was angry. We were noisy and boisterous , rude , crude, naughty, nice, and everything in between. It was a fantastic day that I believe we all really enjoyed. So here I sit now a couple of days later and I look around me at the people that I associate with on a regular and sometimes daily basis and I can also see some major differences there as well.

I get along with people regardless of their walk of life, background, race, religion, color, or political affiliation, well as long as they are a genuine person and not judgmental of me either.  I guess what I really struggle with is not understanding people in general. Let me clarify this for you.

You may have read in some of my other posts about difficulty with family members. You would think that blood relatives would be more understanding and easier to get along with but as we all know that is far from the truth. Some of you may come from families that are able to get along and I truly applaud you for it. That is a difficult thing to achieve from my experience in life and other people that I have known. It is something that I strive for each day to achieve with my own children.

These fine gentlemen I spent time with were more open, understanding, and welcoming than any family that I have and it blows me away. What I take from this is that we each need to do all that we can with our own children to keep the feelings like that open and developed.

They say hind sight is always 20/20 and I know there is nothing that I can do to change things that happened in the past. I don’t live in the past any more. Do I still have issues that I have to work through and deal with, sure. I always will and so will each of you in some shape or form. That is part of being a human being. But maintaining that positive outlook that things will, and always do, get better with time can really go along way to maintaining your happiness.

I want to thank the guys that I hung out with on Saturday. I enjoyed every minute of it. And for you kind sirs I have one thing to say.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK!

Blessed Be.

Wookie