Non Bastardi Carborundum

Gun’s Quote-of-the-Week:

“Non Bastardi Carborundum”
-Gregg Koteskey

I realized from the very instance that I clicked "Create Group" when I originally created this Gun's Quote group that there would be times that I could walk on thin ice for the things I would say, especially if my stories involved other people. Even if I maxed out privacy settings, somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody could pretty easily take the things I have written and pass them along to the people that I reference, which could make my life much more difficult.

This is one of those weeks where I could walk on some pretty thin ice. Therefore, please accept my apologies now for using extraordinarily generic language, refuse to name names, and otherwise leave out all the details. That being said:

This week sucked.

We've all had them. No matter what happens, things just don't go our way. It could be a plethora of things. It could be something that somebody said. Maybe something broke. Maybe your plans just got screwed up for whatever reason. Maybe you forgot something and let somebody down, and they made sure you knew about it. The details really aren't that important. What's important is that the week sucked. Period.

For me, none of the suckage was derived because of a "thing." The car still works. The computer is running smoothly. I have heat, electricity, and the internet. Even if something did break, it could be fixed, probably. No, my suckage is derived from people. You can't fix people. You can't change people. You can't undo words or actions; you just have to deal with people.

That being said, I got down. What's worse is that we are in the middle of the Christmas season. Things are supposed to be happy and joyful. Instead, I was upset. So that made me upset to be upset. Bah!

I was flipping through Gun's Quotes this week to see what I would throw out there for all the world to see. I wanted to do a funny quote, but couldn't post it considering how I felt. No, I found a quote from my good friend Gregg Koteskey who reminded me that when somebody kicks you in the gut and you roll on the ground grimacing, that the only thing you can do is get up, brush yourself off, and move on.

It's a new week. There will be new people, new days, and new things. How it will go will be dependent upon how well I move on from last week, and how well I can put it behind me. The only thing I, or anybody, can do is to get up.

…and that’s why it’s a Gun’s Quote!