The time is today

there comes  a time when you have to stop crossing oceans for people who wouldn't even jump puddles for you.

Oprah's Theory of Relativity

So, I didn't have the winning $600 million Powerball ticket, which can mean alot of things. The most important of which is: people don't have to come out of the woodwork to remind me that they're related to me (not by blood of course since I'm adopted) or to reminded me that we're friends. They can  continue to forget that I exist until the next funeral, or wedding or other social event, or when a mutual friend comes back to town who wants to see us all together-

Oprah calls this the Theory of Relativity.

The realization

                 That awkward moment when you finally realize some of  the people in your life could care less if you lived or died.

That's all I had to do

something in the way you made me feel.

not when you said we were friends

but when you acted like we weren't.

you know,

when I would call,

text,

email

often;

I bought souvenirs for your kids,

I even baked a cake for parties that I weren't  invited to.

& all I had to do was to stop communicating.

to stop hearing from you.

I've waited long enough
(not really waiting,
living my life)  for you to call or text or email 

to say something as simple as 

'wassup man, long time no hear. what have you been up to?'

& all I had to do was to stop communicating.

to stop hearing from you?

Maya Angelou says, 'when someone shows you who they really are, believe them'.

I believe you.

(note to self -stop communicating to find out who will wonder why they haven't heard from you. those that you will never hear from again, don't matter. except your family-

I used to call my sister alot. When I stopped calling her, I never heard from her again. Oh, I still leave happy birthday happy mother's day or merry christmas  voicemails on her phone when she doesn't answer. She never responds. This blog entry isn't about her though. It's for someone else. My sister just happens to do the same thing)