I've not written anything for a few weeks now because I've been dealing with some personal issues, and also because I'm so very worried for the future of America. The things going on in my personal life are ones I'll get a handle on, sooner or later. But the things happening in this country?
God only knows when we'll somehow find a way out of the mess we're in Do I really need to list all the things that are wrong? Because part of me wants to, right here and now. If you pay any attention at all to current events and to politics, you must have at least some idea of what's going on.
Let me just say that as far as I'm concerned, we're living in a fascist country right now. If you don't agree with that statement, so be it.
And now Anthony Kennedy is retiring from the Supreme Court, which gives Donald Trump a second justice to nominate. If Roe V. Wade is really hanging on by the thinnest of threads, which I believe it is, the next new justice could well be the one to finish it once and for all. I said right here on this blog that electing Trump would result in everything we've long considered as being normal being up for grabs again. And I've been proven right on that, I think.
I'm sad, and scared, and worried. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see the 2020 presidential election called off altogether. To see Donald Trump embrace his desired role as our dictator for life. Nor, sadly, would I be surprised at all to have Trump declare martial law in an attempt to control dissent.
Again, if you disagree with me, so be it. I'm just calling things as I see them, which if you read this blog on a regular basis, shouldn't come as any surprise.
I wish I had something fun to write about, or something uplifting, or hopeful. Right now, I just don't.
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Monday, June 4, 2018
It's Been Thirteen Years?
Yes, it has. Thirteen years have passed since the day my wife died. In that time, I've been through a lot. Most of it was good, while some of it was almost unbearable. I've hit rock bottom a few times, either emotionally, financially, or physically. I'm grateful that I never had all three of those things go bad all at the same time.
I've lived in places I loved like San Francisco and Myrtle Beach and I've lived in places I would only go to again for vacation, like New York and Las Vegas. I've had nice apartments, and I've had ones that were in really bad condition. I've had ones that had more available space than I could use, and I've been crammed into spaces as small as seven feet by nine feet.
I've made and lost friends. I've fallen in love only to have those relationships end. I went back to college and got a second degree. And now, of course, I'm working, and am self sufficient for the first time in thirteen years. That's something I feel very good about.
My weight has dropped from 300 pounds to 175, and believe me, that was not easy to accomplish.
Sometimes, people ask me how I've managed to survive, indeed, not just survive, but become a much better person with much better circumstances. Well, let me tell you, it's not easy. For me, at least, the most important thing I did was to get rid of every single thing that wasn't essential. To, as I often phrase it, "start with the basics and add things in, one at a time, slowly and carefully".
The things I've done weren't easy. If they were, a lot more people would be doing them. I can honestly say that I wouldn't change anything I've done, or been through.
And in the end, isn't that the best thing a person can say about his or her life?
I've lived in places I loved like San Francisco and Myrtle Beach and I've lived in places I would only go to again for vacation, like New York and Las Vegas. I've had nice apartments, and I've had ones that were in really bad condition. I've had ones that had more available space than I could use, and I've been crammed into spaces as small as seven feet by nine feet.
I've made and lost friends. I've fallen in love only to have those relationships end. I went back to college and got a second degree. And now, of course, I'm working, and am self sufficient for the first time in thirteen years. That's something I feel very good about.
My weight has dropped from 300 pounds to 175, and believe me, that was not easy to accomplish.
Sometimes, people ask me how I've managed to survive, indeed, not just survive, but become a much better person with much better circumstances. Well, let me tell you, it's not easy. For me, at least, the most important thing I did was to get rid of every single thing that wasn't essential. To, as I often phrase it, "start with the basics and add things in, one at a time, slowly and carefully".
The things I've done weren't easy. If they were, a lot more people would be doing them. I can honestly say that I wouldn't change anything I've done, or been through.
And in the end, isn't that the best thing a person can say about his or her life?
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