Vues de liège - Visite Virtuelle

The memories flood in whenever I see the Place St Lambert...
Maman worked at the Grand Bazar and we took the bus home there and in a way it often was a 'point de repere'.
In any case, whenever I think of Liege, it never fails: my thoughts take me back to the Place St Lambert where my feet walked so many times.
Genevieve M. told me she knew the person who created this photo display.
He sure did a splendid job! Enjoy!
Vues de liège - Visite Virtuelle

"If you start out on the right foot, you'll never have to retrace your steps."

Interesting words for today's horoscope...
"If you start out on the right foot, you'll never have to retrace your steps"

These words are definitely thought provoking.
They make my mind wander.
Things in life are not always that simple though.
How many times do we have to make long detours and end up back at our starting point?
The fun is the journey they say.
That journey is not always pleasant though but eventually we'll know why we experienced the things we did.

Some things happen because they are due to our choices, some to circumstances, some to other people's choices. We can't escape that but we can make the best of it and believe that God knows what we need better than we do and will not fail us in the grand scheme of things.

Step by step, like when we sew a garment or build a house, or just grow up.
If we fudge here and there, or cut corners, we soon find out that we have to go back and redo...
so why not do it right in the first place?

Like I use to tell the kids when they were little:
"Choose your destination and make your choices accordingly"

We all have different circumstances and are not all born with a silver spoon in our mouths or with a spoon at all... and life does throw us curves, sometimes in rapid succession.
We 'make do' until we have more time, more money.
Sometimes, that time never comes.
If it does, the work that would have been simple if done right at first, turns into a major remodel job. And then sometimes it's too late and the structure has to be completely replaced, but at least it gives us a chance to start on the right foot again.

My band-aid solutions make do for a long time but they have never been the permanent fix.

Food for thought.