COVID diaries - day unknown: interactions with irrelevance.

ah - social media. some days the bain of my existence - others most gratifying escape. while weekends are filled with all things "to do", i still find time each night to stroll the landscape of interaction. what better way to adhere to social distancing? i suppose that is - in reality - an incorrect correlation as you are choosing social closeness. perhaps physical distancing? i will admit i have found reason to do both. it seems i'm using the "unfollow" function more than ever before. some of the choices have been alarmingly close to block. those instances - the result of illegitimate attacks on statements of conviction. instead of giving them the satisfaction of expected retaliation, i chose to keep the door at least cracked - allow them (stalkers) - some noise from another room.
perhaps the most important lesson i've learned from this pan(extremely biased)demic - just how irrelevant opinion can be. i'm sure there are those that would say the same about mine. i have absolutely no problem with that. in most cases, the adults have realized throwing barbs of denigration merely diminishes the credibility of their discern. hopefully the children will grow up and understand - for their attacks to be considered insults, i would first have to value their opinion.
newsflash -
i don't.
next window please...

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Wednesday, December 7, 2016

the arrogance of - nothing!

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

the arrogance of - nothing!

so easy to get caught up in a parade of pity. just sign on to social media and scroll. before you know it, an hour will have passed and you will be none the wiser - perhaps less enthralled with life - and for what purpose? everyone has laundry. sometimes it's clean. sometimes it's not. just because it's new or different from someone else's, doesn't give you entitlement to hang it out for the world to see! at the end of the day, the things we own are really temporary accoutrements - as are the feelings and emotions. the pain felt over disappointment today may provide the contrast we need to fully appreciate the joy that comes with the morning. at that moment when we feel the situation was created for us and from a place we chose, we actually become victim to selfishness - pride. the audacity of such indecent arrogance. think back to where it all began. well, i suppose as far back as you can. you obviously cannot conceive the magnitude of your creation. it was not realized from your desire and truly not by your intent. how is it the miracle of conception leaves  you unaffected, and even owning the reality of life as a gift escapes your grasp? life is so short my friend. there is no time to waste on the tragedy of what should/could have been. don't miss holding on to the possibility of promise simply because your hands are clenched in fists of defiance to the threat of anonymity...

  nothing:  noun

1. no thing; not anything; naught:

to say nothing.

2. no part, share, or trace (usually followed by of):

The house showed nothing of its former magnificence.

3. something that is nonexistent.

4. nonexistence; nothingness :

The sound faded to nothing.

5. something or someone of no importance or significance:

Money is nothing when you're without health.

6. a trivial action, matter, circumstance, thing, or remark:

to exchange a few nothings when being introduced.

7. a person of little or no importance; a nobody.  (MW)

nothing

we hold on to our pain -

sometimes the only thing we feel -

scared to let it go,

afraid of - nothing...

empty -

a vessel of capability,

unfilled;

hands reaching for intention,

unrecognized...

so cold - the absence

of light;

no darkness more deep

than feeling all alone.