Death by 1,000 Cream Cheese Shmears // 24•7 Newscast Mindstuff
Dog Days of Summer \\ You are a special character
Sometimes the best gift we can give ourselves is making a plan and sticking to it.
Other times, going off script is just what the doctor ordered.
No matter which road you take, the most direct or the scenic, take time to enjoy being on a road in the first place.
Comparing yourself to the cars next to you on the road is fine for a few seconds, but sooner or later, you’re going to have to dial it in if you want to get somewhere without crashing the car.
Some people are on a lake in cottage country right now, while I’m sitting indoors in a quiet city.
Neither setting is better than the other, it’s only up to our perception of the situation.
Because the person on the lake, just might be thinking about the friends two lakes over in a much nicer home with more boats and jet skis.
Summertime can be death by 1,000 cuts season for a tortured artist who feels like they are behind schedule and are stuck with either ‘Want Tos’ or various other regrets about how the time is unfolding.
All while the sounds of beer bottles spritzing open and people laughing goes on in the distance.
And yes, they really are laughing at you, they really give more than a micro-fuck about you 😆
Reminder: No one cares even a fraction what you think because they are so busy listening to a loud stereo that is their mind which plays AC/DC throughout the day. To effect any change whatsoever, you are competing against both volume and depth that other people are experiencing in their #lifestuff right now.
Sunday is a day where I have to think about these decisive moments.
How do I intend to spend this week ahead?
Can I hold the pressure of #lifestuff in one compartment of the cabin, and let it co-exist with the path that is unfolding?
Fear signals the direction in which to fly the plane.
Love is going to be the force that pushes through any storm.
Our concept of love is outdated.
It is no longer three words that people muster up the courage to tell each other.
Love is cosmic connection between any two entities.
Where there is love, there is laughter, there is joy but there is no judgement.
To judge over another, we create otherness and separation.
As impossible as it is sometimes, hold differing points of view under the same umbrella that is your life.
You may not be happy with all points of view, and you may be frustrated that you are being asked to decide between multiple camera angles.
Yet to experience love, one has to sit like a live video editor at a 24-hour news station. Watching different feeds happening in different areas of your life.
Be willing to watch the most uncomfortable and cringeworthy parts of yourself on the screens in front of you.
Shame is what takes us to the darkness.
And the darkness cannot survive wherever there is light.
To the light of shmearing cream cheese on thick bread called a bagel, when you told yourself that you wanted to live healthier.
For heavan’s sake, fuck that!