Don't Drop The Ball


I get really annoyed at some of the pass around stuff on social media. Some of pass arounds have some really on point messages alerting people that there are people in your family and friends circles that have a physical or emotional issue they are dealing with and not to be afraid to reach out them. I don’t get chaffed at spreading something nice like that, it’s a great message but I get upset because passing a message like that is like big beach ball being tossed around at a rock concert. No one knows who started it and at the end of the day the ball gets dropped. The people who are in need of being reached out to are completely ignored and then life goes on as usual until the next heart felt message gets passed around.

  I find it almost cutting at times to be forwarded a message from someone I think is being loving and reaching out to me sending me encouragement only to find that annoying line at the end asking to copy and paste on your timeline to others. Strict instructions not to share it but copy and paste it. Here I thought this person was being sincere and then I find out it was a pass around. There is nothing wrong with sending out heartfelt messages encouraging those struggling with something but I find it touches and means something a hundred times more if comes straight from the heart and personalized from and to. Sign your name or share something you pull from the internet and make it personal directing at someone who needs support or encouragement.

 

 

Popular posts from this blog

Swallowing an Elephant

You know that joke/riddle How do you eat an elephant? A-One bite at a time. For most that seems to be the most logical. The elephant is quite large and nobody can just pop one in their mouth but oddly enough there are people out there that want you to over tax your system trying to get one down in one bite. Apparently, there are some lucky individuals out there who can unhinge their jaw and eat an elephant in one or two tries so that sets the bar for everyone else. I am not so blessed to be able to unhinge my jaw and swallow large objects.    My capacity to learn and adapt to familiar things that need to be dusted off and new ways takes more than a day or two. I know the elephant swallowers are in high demand and get cut higher respect but I feel the nibblers are just as worthy. Patience is a skill that has been slacking both in the people who want to try to make a nibbler into a swallower and those who are observing and comparing; even the nibbler wanting to be perfect...
Read more

Breathing

When someone asks me how I am I usually respond with okay which means nothing bad or good is going on. When things aren’t so okay I reply with “I’m barely breathing” which means I’m highly stressed out over something. When I listen to meditation videos they always start out with deep breathing, at first, I thought it was kind of silly to concentrate so much on breathing. I also started to notice my breathing when I was stressed out or intensely involved in something. I have two destructive breathing patterns that take place, I either over breath or shallow breathe; sometimes I even subconsciously hold my breath. None of the three poor breathing methods make a happy functioning body. It’s funny to have to learn how to breath properly because it’s something we do automatically.    With some unknown allergies or on and off sinus issues I already face upper repertory struggles at times. When I over breath due to some hidden or not so hidden stress I notice changes in my bod...
Read more