TheLionKing wrote:Everybody seems to be in a rush these days trying to get from point A to point B. Common sense and politeness goes right out the window at this time of year.
No kidding TheLionKing....almost got t-boned twice in the last week and if I wasn't observing super focused, while driving, I certainly would have experienced an accident.
Good stuff, Blitz.
This resident of the planet does feel somewhat young at heart, but troubled by the goings on in the world. And he also feels like an ancient spirit, in the good sense. LOL
And then of course Trump has said that he has the same approach to life that he had when he was 6 years old. Yup. That seems evident. And in Alberta (Texas North) they chant "lock her up" about Hillary Clinton. In the USA fake conspiracy news re the election (Pizzagate) brings forth violence from an unbalanced vigilante. God help us.
It seems like a crazy world sometimes WCJ. My best friend Tom heartbreakingly was killed two years ago, while doing what he loved best, driving his motorcycle. I drive one too but now I drive my bike through traffic, when I have to, so I can get to a country road, like people are trying to kill me. My friend Tom used to say regularly, "everyone is crazy out there except me and you....and I'm starting to worry about you" and then laugh heartily.
I have never wanted to become one of those cantankerous, old men who are just miserable and think the world is going to hell. But it sometimes seems that's the direction. On other days I just shut it out and focus on good stuff.
Great that you are still feeling young at heart WCJ. I feel that way most days and I still feel like an enthusiastic younger spirit most of the time too, but with some wisdom that life experience provides, I think too many people have lost perspective of what's important. Its too much a 'live in the moment", "look at me" period of time. The past gives us perspective and the wide and long view do too. Gotta enjoy the present along the way but it has to be embedded in the bigger picture framework.
It seems like a 'style over substance', 'optics over character' type of world. I rarely go on Facebook but when I see grown men showing photos of their finger with a band aid on it it makes me shudder as it does when someone wakes up and needs to share what they had for breakfast that morning. I guess we all need to feel significant in the world but the 'how' is getting crazier.
Ah, well its getting close to Xmas, so some some Xmas 'spirits' and some Xmas 'spirit' will make it all seem fine for a while.
"When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team". (George Raveling)