Is it truely better to have loved and lost?

There's an old saying: "Tis better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all".

Is that true? When you're sitting alone after a hard long week, thinking of your lost loves, does it feel better then? Is it better on a Friday night when everyone else is out and about and you're ALONE once again? Is it better when you're looking over your life and realize that all of your past loves have found another to love and are living a life with some happiness?

Those that believe this, have never loved or been loved before. I have, and it's a beautiful and precious thing. And of the things I regret is not knowing or being able to keep that kind of love in my life. I hope that one day I will be so fortunate again. When it happens again I will hold on to it and never let it go. 

I would suggest this to everyone,  Love long, love deep and love hard.
If you're going to love someone, make it worth the pain.
Be good to each other. 

Know your place...

No matter how confident and competent you are at your job/profession, unless you're the boss your opinions and voice truely doesn't matter.

They are the boss, you are the worker.
It's that simple, regardless of your value to the company.

Losing a friend...

I was just told that a friend of mine is moving on, leaving the company. That he's been hired for a similar job out of town.

I understand his situation. I don't begrude him anything. He's a good man. He's been a good friend since I've been working here. Always a bit goofy but he's one of the reasons I look forward to coming to work. Good people you can work with are not readily available, so his presence will be sorely missed.

Be well my friend. Don't forget us regular folks.
Congratulations on the new job!

The April fool gets a little wiser...

Spring has sprung and it's time to live life again. This is a hard thing to do when your heart belongs to someone. It's even harder when it belongs to someone that can't give you theirs. And as time moves forward there are only a couple of choices you can make: 1) keep hoping that things will change and that they will do what they need to do and stop making excuses or 2) move forward yourself so that you're not spending the rest of your life alone - still hoping. 

To the lady that holds my heart, I hope that you will return to me. You and I were meant to be together. And once you remember that and decide to quit living in your day to day hell we can be together and we will both have a little peace and happiness in what is left of our lives. Until that day, I will live the life I know without you. I will endure and strive to find happiness when and where I can, with whoever can give me temporary gratification and solice. 

You hold my heart, now and forever. You will continue to be and fixture in my thoughts. You have left your mark on my soul. I am yours now and forever. When you come back to me I will be here. I will welcome you with open arms and all the love that I can give. But I will no longer wait for you. I can't live on unrequited love or the sound of your absence. I need you in all ways. When you realize that you need me, I hope that you will run to my arms.

-AML