I saw a new-to-me blog today that really struck a chord. The url is tinadrakakis.com and it goes by the name Eyerollingmom. She mostly talks about her experiences raising four children. She sounds like a very nice person with firm ideas about behavior in our society and bringing up your kids to that behavior. I liked her a lot. I was looking for a way to contact her but couldn't find one so I'm hoping she won't mind me tying into her idea. I like this idea SO much! It begins with the following meme (for lack of a better term).
Control yourself! Really, Every day we read about someone who is pissed off about their work and goes in with a gun to kill people. The other day some person with a pickup truck ran into a bunch of Roe-Wade protesters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It just never stops.
Alter your thinking! That is important if you are a kid and your parent is telling you to do something you don't want to do. It is also important if you are an adult and are involved in a dispute regarding public policy or something. Not that you must alter your thinking but you certainly must question it. All the talk about President Trump and the January 6 attack on the capital: I don't understand how he really could control the mob but I certainly think he encouraged them in many ways. I'm not on the TOTALLY GUILTY side and not on the TRUMP FOREVER side but the point is to consider the alternatives.
Delete negativity! Well, that's tough for some people but I do believe that your thinking leads to your attitude about the future. If you expect negativity, I suspect you will get it. Trust me, people who have a positive attitude get into negative situations too but if you start out expecting a negative result I suspect you are more likely to get it.
Lately I've been having so many negative thoughts that I really appreciate this call to CNTL-ALT-DEL! I just cannot go on seeing just the negatives in our world. There are good sides here and there.
1. I think Mr. Trump is a crooked, racist, right-wing fool but he didn't actually get us in WWIII.
2. I don't believe Covid is being treated as well as it should be but you can't get everyone to listen.
3. The inflation we are feeling these days is crazy but it should go back down with the Federal Reserve working at it.
4. The war in the Ukraine is a horrible attack on a free country but it is waking NATO up to the possibility of a closer attack.
Bottom line is that I need to CNTL+ALT+DEL and I thank Eyerollingmom for the reminder. So, maybe I should end with a different idea. Anyone who has traveled far has felt the pain of crossing multiple time zones.
Thanks for stopping by. Keep washing those hands!
1 comment:
Don, I really want to be a perfect ctl + alt + del. I'm just imperfect. My red flag was your number 4. There is a feeling in the pit of my stomach that the US is being used like an old shoe. Have you ever heard the saying, "He talks the talk, but doesn't walk the walk." I'm not seeing much "walk" out of the rest of NATO, but there is a heck of a lot of talk. For example, Germany should have already sent their weaponry to Ukraine, but all they do is talk about it. We're on the continent of North America, and most of NATO members are on the European continent. Since this is primarily a European problem, why aren't those members taking the lead and the US follows? Could it be because we have been labeled "Old Money Bags."
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