One of my least favorite things about getting older would most definitely be the mood swings. Can't stand them. Growing up as was always so easy going. Not hormonal at all. Now a days I am pretty sure I lose friends monthly because of my horrible inability to not be hormonal.
There is a commercial out right now. I think it is for a car, but you know how weird commercials can be I really have no clue what it is for. Any way the gist is that it starts out saying how bad the world is now and that it is so much worse than it used to be and then it goes into how there are tons of good things about the world now too. Like for instance being accepted for who you are.
Can we break this down a bit? Don't they mean being accepted for who you are as long as its politically correct? or what is hot in the news today? They don't actually mean for who you are do they? I can verify this if you will stay with me.
I gave up my precious Coke for New Years. Cold turkey, had one New Years Eve haven't had one since. Not only that but I have cut my caloric intake by probably half. In this endeavor have I lost a ton of weight? No, no I have not. I believe the grand total is about 5 pounds and we are 23 days into January.
When I go out into the world I am depressed about my weight, mad that I can't go have whatever I want to eat, angry at skinny people that can, pissed off that the scale isn't moving faster. I am a ticking time bomb of "Go ahead punk, tell me I look fat." Do you honestly think the world would accept me for who I was if I didn't constantly wear my filter?
I speak sarcasm fluently and it is only by God's grace that I don't spew angry words around my little part of the planet.
The point of my little rant this morning is...Be kind. Even if you don't want to be. Even if you think people are stupid. Even if the ignorance around you is deafening. Be kind. There is no point in making the world worse off for having you in it. Find something that you find good and go with that, and if you come across something that angers you do something about it, but not by making it worse. By making it better.
The world is a hard place to maneuver. Be kind.
