Build a Better Boat Daily

Listening to Kenny Chesney's song "Better Boat" inspired me to paint this. I saw something like it on another wall and thought it was simple, perfect for how the song made me feel. Not sure what he was thinking as he sang it or as the lyrics came to Liz Rose and Travis Meadows, but the song speaks to me at this moment in my life. 

There are no oars. No name on the boat. Just a simple boat sitting on the shore ready to make another journey on soft windless waters. It a journey for one. Only I can build the boat. Only I can ride it. Hopefully at the end and my boat rests on its final shore, it will give someone else perspective to live a full life that only they can build.

Recently I got off FB. There was a moment that I looked at my list of friends and thought about each one more intently. Are they really my friends? Then came a realization that FB might not be looking after my best interest even though they send me reminders about my privacy and security. As I thought about each one and who they are, I used my favorite tiding up methodology. Does each one bring me joy? Many did. Many were just somebody I worked with. Some were family I had never met. 

The most important friends on my list were either my immediate family or a few special friends that I could never turn my back on no matter what. Next I started adding up all the hours I spent on FB. It was amazing to see the time calculated for the week as well as embarrassing. I even found myself looking at FB if I woke up in the middle of the night. 

So FB is gone. It is no longer on my phone. Yes, I could go back but for some reason I am finding great strength not....

Some of the lyrics to the song in case you haven't heard it: 

I breathe in, I breathe out

Got friends to call who let me talk about

What ain't working, what's still hurting

All the things I feel like cussing out

Now and then I let it go

I ride the waves I can't control

I'm learning how to build a better boat

To all my true friends, I really do miss you. For now, I am learning how to make sure I am the real person, the real friend to myself and for you if you need me.