My silly ass is sitting at my desk right now with a heating pad stuffed down the back of my shirt because I decided that doing weights yesterday, after a two-week hiatus, would be a splendid idea.
I'm full of such ideas. Some I discard. Most, I implement.
Mom calls it "getting a wild hair".
I frequent this mindset often.
I think that trying new things and being open to change are incredibly important. I subscribe to the thought of "I'd rather be ridiculous than boring."
I believe that the only way people grow and not stagnate is through healthy forays into different settings and places.
Now.
I see a wide demographic of people daily. I see rich, poor, male, female, literate, illiterate, functional, and dysfunctional.
Sometimes I want to weep. When a young man in his early twenties cannot spell the word "south". Or when a thirteen-year old girl doesn't know her address. When a mom in her forties with a daughter in her twenties and a granddaughter on daughter's hip cannot write down their address correctly, it takes my breath away.
These people will likely not be given chances for a different life. And most are so downtrodden that they don't wish to try. Drugs are a huge issue. Alcoholism. Abuse. No sense of self-worth. People who slipped through the cracks so often they should have one named after them.
And so much apathy that I nearly choke on it. Some want a better life. Most don't. They go through the same routine day after day after day. Existing but not living.
I don't understand it.
I suppose that's a good thing.
So while I'm in my mid-forties, I haven't given up the ghost yet. Nor do I plan to anytime soon. I want to embrace this time I have. I want to spend it as productively and lovingly as possible. I want to push my boundaries and do stupid shit. There's simply so much out there to get into. Why wouldn't I want to give it a go?
I would.
I will.
Grins*
I'm full of such ideas. Some I discard. Most, I implement.
Mom calls it "getting a wild hair".
I frequent this mindset often.
I think that trying new things and being open to change are incredibly important. I subscribe to the thought of "I'd rather be ridiculous than boring."
I believe that the only way people grow and not stagnate is through healthy forays into different settings and places.
Now.
I see a wide demographic of people daily. I see rich, poor, male, female, literate, illiterate, functional, and dysfunctional.
Sometimes I want to weep. When a young man in his early twenties cannot spell the word "south". Or when a thirteen-year old girl doesn't know her address. When a mom in her forties with a daughter in her twenties and a granddaughter on daughter's hip cannot write down their address correctly, it takes my breath away.
These people will likely not be given chances for a different life. And most are so downtrodden that they don't wish to try. Drugs are a huge issue. Alcoholism. Abuse. No sense of self-worth. People who slipped through the cracks so often they should have one named after them.
And so much apathy that I nearly choke on it. Some want a better life. Most don't. They go through the same routine day after day after day. Existing but not living.
I don't understand it.
I suppose that's a good thing.
So while I'm in my mid-forties, I haven't given up the ghost yet. Nor do I plan to anytime soon. I want to embrace this time I have. I want to spend it as productively and lovingly as possible. I want to push my boundaries and do stupid shit. There's simply so much out there to get into. Why wouldn't I want to give it a go?
I would.
I will.
Grins*
