Food for thought

[Guest guest]

These lyrics may well relate to recent msgs back and forth the

freezing north and the warm-down-under. They may even work for

others. For those who don't know, lyrics to songs are the story of

my life. Always have been, always will be. And this song just

happened to pop up in random order out of 17000 of them on my

computer....so here are part of the lyrics.

Janis Ian, " Honor Them All "

THEY SAY THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS

BUT YOU CAN’T CHOOSE YOUR FAMILY

AND IT’S A LUCKY MAN WHO ENDS UP IN GOOD COMPANY

I’VE DONE MY SHARE OF LOOKING BACK

REGRET’S MY MIDDLE NAME

BUT THE TIME GOES BY SO FAST

YOU TURN AROUND, TOMORROW’S PASSED

AND THE ONES YOU LOVE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

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THERE’S NOT A FAMILY ON THIS EARTH

DOESN’T SLING A LITTLE MUD

HANDS GET WEARY, HEARTS GET HURT

WE BOW TO THE FLESH AND BLOOD

OH, PEOPLE CAN BE CRUEL SOMETIMES

IT LEAVES A LASTING SCAR

BUT WHEN YOU PUT IT TO THE TEST

YOU USUALLY FIND THEY’VE DONE THEIR BEST

AND AS BAD AS THAT MAY BE

IT’S TURNED YOU INTO WHO YOU ARE

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To me family doesn't just have to mean biological, but the family we

have right here. In a sense it is " choosing your friends " but to me

it is much more like a family I didn't choose...it is just the way it

is. I don't control it. It just happens.

So....apologies to any and all if anything I've sent has felt " muddy "

or made your " hearts get hurt " ....and just hope that we've all " done

their best " . I KNOW that all of you have helped to turn me into who

I am.

dan

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" It's OK to be a little broken, everybody's broken in this life " Jon Bon Jovi

Dan Lester, Boise, Idaho, USA www.mylapband.tk

Banded 4/27/03, Dr. Ortiz, Tijuana

Started at 355, at goal in the 210-220 range for almost 4 years

Ultimate goal of 195 Tummytuck in Boise and SmartLipo in Tijuana