I just wanted to start off with some great positives because we have endured so much negative the past few weeks. We have a deranged kid shooting up a school, which is terrible, but even worse are the ass hats who are trying to gain some ill-advised attention calling in other threats while caring parents panic about sending their child to school. A week or so ago I was really pissed about something our legislature wanted to try and introduce as a bill, but the tragedy occurred, and it went bye-bye in the news. I am sure it is being bantered about somewhere in the House along with the by the seat of our pants emotion that is pouring out regarding gun control, mental health, and arming Mrs. Cuddlekids in her first-grade classroom. I know, I overstepped, there will be great controls and I am not here to discuss those issues. Just pondering the pro’s and the cons on each side. Everyone yells at one another, so it is hard to disseminate the information from each side. It’s like a bunch of kids on the playground playing “Your momma” from back in the day.
It is amazing how many things happen that are bad throughout each week. Some cycle through pretty quickly and others get much more press. Who heard that Tiger missed the cut last Friday? What about Roger Federer retaking the number one player on the ATP? Who could have missed all the drama from the Olympics? One of the Olympic Athletes from Russia wore a shirt that said she didn’t do drugs and ironically, she tested positive for drugs. Oh, the irony. Also, I am not a huge fan of curling, not that I don’t like it, just that I don’t watch any of the sports, but that is not the point. I don’t feel that it is the most demanding sport of these Winter Olympics but nonetheless, one of the Olympic curlers tested positive for the same drug that cost Maria Sharapova two years on the WTA. Wow, I guess it doesn’t matter the sport, someone is always looking for an advantage.
Our lives are full of ups and downs. Some affect us straight away and others we just worry about because everyone tells us we should even though they don’t affect our day to day lives. There are some awesome things happening this weekend. Watch the news tonight, pick your channel, and count how many cool thing stories they show you. One at most. It doesn’t sell. Tragedy is easy to watch, angers us, we yell, and then wait for the next story we need to feel angry about. Stop watching the bad stuff and get out and go do some of the cool stuff. Go to the Chain of Lakes Eggfest, get over to Tampa and watch the baddest ass motocross racers do their thing at the Monster Energy Supercross, go eat at the Frostproof FFA auction dinner, go watch the Publix Gasparilla Distance Classic in Tampa, get out on the water, pick a project around the house, or come to the Kiwanis’s Annual Pancake Breakfast tomorrow morning.
You see, there are a multitude of things that are good. Start focusing on those and stop watching the negative crap that is fed to us like feed-lot cattle on the way to slaughter. Also, there truly are some terrible things that happen and being passionate and wanting change is commendable and necessary but yelling and screaming at the people who oppose your opinion isn’t really the best way to evoke that change you are wanting. We have lost all semblance of discussion and just holler with no tangible results occurring. Don’t believe me; look at all the events over the past few years and tell me how much change has actually happened from all the anger.
Have a great weekend, get outside, enjoy your friends, hug your family, and for God’s sake; stop yelling against and start cheering for your side. Cheers and good thoughts to all.
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