After a day of not getting much of what I hoped to accomplish done, it’s east to reflect and remember it as a failure. It’s also easy to forget what didn’t happen. Like tragedies. You know, the two or three near misses in traffic, the temporarily lost footing that did not result in a fall, the glass I didn’t drop, and the disagreeable neighbor I managed avoided loud confrontation with. In spite of these and more near misses, I’m happy to report it was an uneventful day. And it was a good day after all.
Even the brightest entrepreneurs and freelancers aren’t immune to the effects of the economy. To help make ends meet I spend a few hours every week doing simple, boring work for tiny money. While doing this today a man many years my senior who was also doing simple work asked “why do you look so sad”. I replied “Don’t mind me, I’m doing mundane work for ugly money and I’m letting it bother me”. The man looked angry for a minute and then smiled. “Man, you’re young, healthy and on the right side of the grass! Now get that frown off your face and enjoy it!”
So much for bad excuses. Time to enjoy.
After collecting my thoughts on how to use the space and express myself, I’ve experienced an epiphany. The energy in the world around me and many of those I know has become profoundly dark and negative. The despair that can come from this is debilitating for so many of us. It’s almost impossible to believe, but I think this is by design by those who do not mean the ordinary human well.
For now, I will try to help overcome all of that negative energy with positive thoughts. Not only will this help me blaze a new path in my writing. In addition to fighting universal despair, I hope to find enough light under the storm cloud that stubbornly follows me to banish it forever.
In order to change our environment, we must first change ourselves.
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