Seeing Amazing

How serious are the current set backs really. As I laid in bed this morning and contemplated three new dilemmas that I face as a man, as a father, as a husband, I realize that it is a never-ending thread of good and bad situations that attach themselves to us on a daily level . I’m thinking that if I’m breathing, the bills will keep coming in; if I’m foolish then they will keep coming in even after I am dancing in the afterlife. I have to remember to clearly see the amazing. The amazing happens in most of our lives every day. Maybe we train ourselves to see the set backs and forget to see the amazing. Maybe I’m the only one who does this. That would be amazing though unlikely. Answers always come and the sticky bad is usually not such a big deal as long as there are propelling efforts to right the wrong. Once the covers are pulled back and both of my happy feet swing over this comfortable bed, I will spend at least the better part of the day looking for the amazing. The fact that I can see at all while some cannot is amazing. Things like my kids and wife love me are amazing; that I have a  job, that I had a hamburger with cheese last night all good things. My dog things I am amazing! I’m thinking that there is a burning devilish set of thoughts that swirl around our lucky brains at any given moment and are constantly draining our joy, robbing our amazing like lazy takers. Today is a good day to hit the sad mute button and see the amazing. Today is a miracle, and an opportunity.  That is worth our precious and limited time.

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Published by Robert Milstid

Robert Milstid has been creating literary works for many years. His writing first took form as a playwright, authoring two plays, Just a Phase and I Was a Pig for a Day and Nobody Noticed. Both plays were produced and performed in Houston, Texas. Under the direction of the late Bill Morton, a truly inspirational theatrical writer and director, Mr. Milstid became involved in the theatre as an actor as well. He studied at the National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York and was a highly active member of a professional theatre, Main Street in Houston Texas for several years. In 1989 he and his wife moved to Hoboken, New Jersey, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan. His one man show, Diary of a Nonconformist was created, written and rehearsed by Mr. Milstid on the roof of his Hoboken apartment. This performance poetry piece was booked at the now infamous, CBGBs in the East Village. He also went on to perform in several plays while in New York City that included the world premier of Lanny Hill's original play, "Uncle Alton", as well as becoming an active company member of the 13th Street Repertory Theatre. Mr. Milstid began writing an abundant supply of poetry and free verse performance pieces during his time in the city, performing at the Nuyorican's Poetry Café and various other venues. After his son was born in 1991, he and his wife decided to move to Florida. Shortly after moving to Florida, the couple then had a daughter. After several years of performing in Orlando, Mr. Milstid hung up his acting hat for the most part and began applying his creative efforts at Nickelodeon Studios as a scenic carpenter and went on to start his own custom carpentry business. In 2005 his marriage of twenty plus years came to an end and he found himself starting from scratch again as a single man. The lonely nights in his small apartment gave way to a renewed need and love for writing again. Mr. Milstid penned his first novel called, The Consequences of Breathing. During the next few years and was married after meeting an amazing woman whom he wrote about as the character of Pearl in The Consequences of Breathing. After the economy took a nosedive in 2009 Mr. Milstid took a position at a Memory Care Center/Assisted living facility as a maintenance technician. He then went on to write his second book, Transitions, which cameos the lives of those suffering from Alzheimer's disease and the struggles of their families. Writing is a passion for Robert Milstid and with outlines for three new books underway it doesn't appear to be slowing down. His writing is raw, humble, provocative and unpredictable. His genres are purposefully varied so as to offer new approaches in his art. At Fifty-four years old Mr. Milstid still rides his motorcycle as well as his mountain bike and skateboard. He loves time with his four children and his amazing wife. A long life in a short time, this is Robert Milstid.

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