It is Thursday morning, 12 January 2023, and I hope I had a good rest last night. I know I woke several times in the middle of the night, but I feel like I dropped right back off after I had those nocturnal strolls. I’ll get a feel for the quality of my sleep about 10:30 this morning… until then, we plow.
Every now and then I reflect on why I do what I do. I originally started writing just to get some thoughts down about my life and my experiences. I’m not real big on fame and fortune… ok, that’s a lie… I’m not real big on fame. Fortune is perfectly welcome to set up permanent residence in my bank account. But I have thought about some people I know that pursued fame with mixed results. The problem with drawing attention to oneself is that those folks get out in public and say, “Hey look at me for this cool thing I did”, and the folks that are paying attention are more than eager to point out, “Yeah, you think that’s cool, but these other things you did aren’t that cool”.
I’m not an influencer. Ask me, and I’ll tell you what I think. I don’t provide that opinion as an effort to control anyone else’s life – there’s more than enough people out there that are willing to give you advice, much of it bad, some of it worse. If I think your proposed course of action hurts more people than it helps, I’ll say so. If I think your plan could have a negative outcome, I have a moral responsibility to point it out.
Ultimately, the choice it yours.
Maybe I’m more of a nudger than an influencer, but I’ll do my best to call it like I see it.
I would tell George Santos (look it up, I’m sure it’ll be in the history books one day) to embrace transparency. Be honest about who you are and where you come from. Be honest about your life experiences. If you think a fictional background makes you more appealing, rather than tell lies, change your reality to match the fiction you think is better.
I could tell a lot of people a lot of things. I’m not going to seek them out to say, “Hey, you know what you ought to do…”.
If people want my opinion, I’m here.
I m perfectly fine knowing that 99.9999999% of the world doesn’t really give flying finger of fate what I think. I’ll focus on the 8 people that do.
I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.
Peace y’all.
