Insidious Adaptation

Toilet seat? Is that really a thing?  I have not had to worry about a toilet seat placement at any point in my life. I have not been corrected, but maybe one time. One time, most recently, my wife reminds me that I need to leave the seat down so our daughter can get up on her own to pull her little seat on top of the adult toilet seat and prevent her little cheeks from falling in the water. One time.  Arguments over money? Like, blaming the other person? Like, complaining that they are using it all?  Any discussions of finances on my end has never been on where my wife spent money. There have been a few between us about career choices, decisions, new jobs, and what this meant for bills, however accusations have never been my forte, nor have I ever felt that from her.  Blame, resentment, despise, contrite...you exist with those feelings?  Why the heck would I have married someone who I would hold a deep resentment for? Why would I want to be wi...

I shouldn't be able to write and publish these words. Honestly, they are more clatter to an already loud world. Noise or noisy by the very context is contributing to the pollution of the environment. Even words that are meant to be read, not spoken cause noise. I saw the news report, I see the words float across the screen while in a public area, all the while listening to my own music. Yet, these quiet words have never been so loud. Trust is a concept that people take for granted. We trust without acknowledging it. We don't always take a bold stance when we trust, but by trusting, we are being bold. When someone gives us information and we are to trust them as a source, internalize the message, and then live with those words in our mind, there is no greater stance, no more boldness than the trust we give the source. Unfortunately, that trust that tends to come naturally, or found in nature, may not be trustworthy. Maybe Lisa is a gossiper, a liar, a manipulator of truths. ...

Muddy waters, not too favorable to swim in, as the clear pristine oceans and white sandy beaches seem to be the areas dreams are made of. Also, instead of muddy interpretations of events used to push an agenda, people do tend to like news as it was meant to be, or as I thought it was meant to be anyway, unbiased presentations.  At one point in life, I recall Saddam Hussein and Bill Clinton's feud presented from the news as the midst of a war. As a child then, never did I think that what could be reported was merely an interpretation or one side of a truth. I never thought a lie  interpretation, could be so prominent. Nonetheless, I find people's views and why they hold these views and to how far they will go to reinforce these views, fascinating. Lets look at what I see Muslim Terrorists are depicted as: evil people, who hate America so much that they will kill themselves in trying to destroy us. Here is how I see the American mainstream media: pushing an agenda ...