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wrong with the world, these days, i wonder if i can make any difference at all. it has been quite the journey for me over the past few years and watching my friends and family go down the rabbit hole of flat-earther, science deniers, has made it even more difficult for me to have HOPE. watching them put all sorts of unhealthy sh!t in their system, but refusing the POVID-19 vaccine, because they “do not know what is in it,” is especially disconcerting. listening to them repeat the misinformation about nearly everything that they get in their echo chambers of social media and the talking heads on their twenty-four/seven news channel, makes it even less likely to feel as if i can make a difference. i am not talking about religion or FAITH here, although some of their beliefs border on dogmatic and slavish adherence to what cannot be seen. i could go on and on, but in this sense am i contributing to the problem of advancing a solution?
although i have an issue at work, i am not stressing about getting out of my routine. i could left my task for after i finished writing this and working out, BUT as the mornings grow darker and the days shorter, i know that there will have to be some concessions to my morning routine, anyhow. whining about what may be, may be something i “like” to do, but it does little to advance my spiritual condition or connection with the world around me. letting others be as they are, even when i think they are so freaking wrong, is yet another way i can make the world a bit kinder. when i choose to stir the pot, by dissing them, even if i do not say anything, all i do get is get myself all worked up over very little. today, being kind means treating myself and everyone else with a little more respect, as i walk through this day. time to get a few miles in, before this day slips away from me. it is a good day to remember that by not adding chaos to the world around me, i might just be making enough of a difference to keep my little part of the world from spinning out.

∞ DT ∞