September Eight
There's a lot going on in the world right now. So many things sometimes my head is spinning with all of the media overload.
There are multiple hurricanes coming. Hurricane Harvey just devastated Houston and Irma is threatening to do the same to Florida. My cousin and friends live there and I think they're safe but I won't really know much more until tomorrow.
Then there's a humongous earthquake that just hit Mexico, which will trigger a tsunami.
There are wars and terrorism and a raging fire in Oregon.
That just scratches the surface.
And on top of all that, I think my phone just died. Just trying to keep things in perspective. Hey, I did leave the phone incident until the last. I'm not completely without a true sense of priority.
Today was Friday. It was good because it was Friday. I think we don't have enough Fridays. Who's with me?
I'm trying to get a break from the news. Just trying to enjoy a little peace and quiet for the sake of my sanity. How DO people stay sane in this crazy world? Sometimes I get a very clear picture of why so many people are in therapy or take anti-depressants. Sometimes it's hard to smile and laugh when faced with the horrible things going on in the world.
Fortunately for most of us, our attention spans have dwindled due to television advertising, so life is now like the 30-second ads, and we can deal with it in small doses as long as we know our fantasy world will be back shortly where all problems can be solved by the end of the episode and we will be back next week same time same channel.
And if you need to, get up during the commercial and get a snack.
Today it was hard to focus on work. So I played with the children instead at the child care center where I work. I played with them, danced with them, picked them up and loved on them. One of the teachers had to finally tell me to go back to my office and work, that I was distracting the children too much. Sigh. The distraction was for me.
But I complied.
I'm not in the center every day, and the teachers are--so it's important that the children see some solidarity. I suppose. I sure wouldn't want to be the cause of an uprising of 2 year olds.
And now the day is winding down where I am. Peacefully and quietly--my favorite way to end the day.
But somewhere in the world there are groups of people living in shelters because a disaster has left them homeless. And somewhere in the world people are in packed-up cars, driving out of a state to escape a hurricane.
And somewhere in the world a tsunami is building strength and heading for unsuspecting shores.
There's a lot going on in the world right now. So many things sometimes my head is spinning with all of the media overload.
There are multiple hurricanes coming. Hurricane Harvey just devastated Houston and Irma is threatening to do the same to Florida. My cousin and friends live there and I think they're safe but I won't really know much more until tomorrow.
Then there's a humongous earthquake that just hit Mexico, which will trigger a tsunami.
There are wars and terrorism and a raging fire in Oregon.
That just scratches the surface.
And on top of all that, I think my phone just died. Just trying to keep things in perspective. Hey, I did leave the phone incident until the last. I'm not completely without a true sense of priority.
Today was Friday. It was good because it was Friday. I think we don't have enough Fridays. Who's with me?
I'm trying to get a break from the news. Just trying to enjoy a little peace and quiet for the sake of my sanity. How DO people stay sane in this crazy world? Sometimes I get a very clear picture of why so many people are in therapy or take anti-depressants. Sometimes it's hard to smile and laugh when faced with the horrible things going on in the world.
Fortunately for most of us, our attention spans have dwindled due to television advertising, so life is now like the 30-second ads, and we can deal with it in small doses as long as we know our fantasy world will be back shortly where all problems can be solved by the end of the episode and we will be back next week same time same channel.
And if you need to, get up during the commercial and get a snack.
Today it was hard to focus on work. So I played with the children instead at the child care center where I work. I played with them, danced with them, picked them up and loved on them. One of the teachers had to finally tell me to go back to my office and work, that I was distracting the children too much. Sigh. The distraction was for me.
But I complied.
I'm not in the center every day, and the teachers are--so it's important that the children see some solidarity. I suppose. I sure wouldn't want to be the cause of an uprising of 2 year olds.
And now the day is winding down where I am. Peacefully and quietly--my favorite way to end the day.
But somewhere in the world there are groups of people living in shelters because a disaster has left them homeless. And somewhere in the world people are in packed-up cars, driving out of a state to escape a hurricane.
And somewhere in the world a tsunami is building strength and heading for unsuspecting shores.
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