The Solar System of the Middlelife

My brother and I were talking one day and the topic of family, which comes up fairly often, was discussed. We were talking about how there are friends, and there are Friends. I equated that to also include those in our family as well. I know everyone has the sane family out there in blogworld, but some of us ain't the Gene Simmons Family Jewels.

Ozzy and Gene. We all have fathers out there that were rock stars and made sure we had the best of the everything right? Eh, I think that happens for the 1% that may get a tax increase under Mr. Obama. But let me get back to where I have left off in my conversation about the family and friends.

It appears that we all have our own solar system. As best an analogy as I could come up with right now.

I think I was asked, "Who is in your orbit?" Then you have to think who is really in your orbit and where they are in your orbit. Think of it this way, you are the sun, the center of all life giving light to the large and small objects that rotate around you in some fashion.

Of course, in this close proximity, there is the wife with the moons. That would be your offspring from making a few collisions in the reproduction department.

Next in the line is your siblings. Some are larger than others, some are smaller than others. Some go and flat out wobble from size, but thats probably from having too many asteroids and Happy Martian Meals.

As well, some in your mate's orbit get somewhat closer to the sun, when they need it. In most cases they just take the heat, or spew it out, then move on away from the sun.

And also included in the solar system, somewhere hovering around out there, are the "comets" in your life. You know the one's that pop up every so often, maybe after a few months, sometimes its a few years. You see them coming sometimes, and sometimes, they just pop up and get discovered because someone else looked to see them or they slap you on the head. They burn bright and then they fade out. With comets, you never seem to know when they will make a direct hit into the sun, to be burned to a gaseous mass, or slingshot around and scoot away as fast as they can.

Then there are the Black Holes. Friends, acquaintances, people you pass in everyday running around. The drop into that category in your mind. The one's you just flat out forget or reject. Or they are the type of Black Hole that sucks the light out of you and you wish would collapse on itself. They include the extended family sometimes that make your life a living hell when it suits them.

This solar system grows and contracts. All depends whether you want to shed any light on the planets and objects that come close to make them come in, or burn out in the orbit. I wish somedays it would all just stop spinning.