We're headed for North Carolina for a few days of much needed rest and a change of scenery- and I need a change of attitude. I will be leaving behind a string of recent heartache and frustration- mainly stemming from a very bad stretch of business the past few months. Yes I still have a day job and most of the time it goes well. But lately, the assault of meanness has trumped the good in people and no matter how much you prepare for something negative you feel coming, when it hits, it still hurts. I will write about that soon. We'll be discussing small man's disease and the disgusting ways people use their own inadequacies to "get even".
Since the blockbuster trade made by the Cubs over the weekend, they have, not surprisingly been a little fragile, losing 3 in a row and wiping out my recent enthusiasm. But I'm a fan and I will hang in there.
I have Twitter followers and there are many that I also follow. One in particular seems to be in a state of terrible unease. I wish I knew this person better than to exchange things in 140 characters or less. But I don't and maybe that's a good thing. They seem a little unhinged right now and I wish that person well. But I don't think I can actually do anything to help. At least not presently.
Our country remains divided and polarized. The very idea of people feeling they need to sling an assault rifle over their shoulder as they buy a hamburger at Wendy's is almost beyond comprehension. Here's just a tiny smattering.
1. Fixing Elections
2.Not meeting with another on the tarmac as he lands in their state.
3. Not meeting with shooting victims' families, after he has vetoed a bill that tries to minimize the damage done by multi round magazines on assault rifles.
4. The vilification of the wife of a politician because she champions better nutrition for children.
5. A Supreme Court that thinks they can make a narrow ruling in a landmark case and that their decision will not have endless ramifications down the road.
You get the idea.
I promise to use the time off to reflect on what I have to be thankful for. I will mourn for those who are about to die- both people I know who are in hospice and in the very last stages of life, and those I will never meet who trek a thousand miles to try to enter this country for a better life and are met by angry people within our country screaming. Go home. We don't want you.
I'm not the only one who needs an attitude change.
Today's humstle is Bob Dylan's Ballad Of A Thin Man.
"something is happening but you don't know what it is do you Mr Jones?
Sorry to be a little morose. Sometimes it all gets to be a little much and one cannot just flip a switch.
Maybe I'll post one from the road.
See you soon
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