How many blogs are out there in the inter-webs? Several million I assume. There are SO many books. Everywhere. What makes you pick up a book? If you were to write a book, what would you write about? What would I? So many questions only you or I can answer for ourselves.
What do I want to do with my life?? What do you?
I want to own my own restaurant. I want it to benefit the community. I'd call it Mirabel Street after my daughter who once crossed out every single "Goodwill" on a donation receipt she found and replaced it with that name, "Mirabel Street". I asked her if she wanted to start her own charitable business, and she just got all shy. Its a good idea, though. A restaurant that benefits the community. Boys and Girls club of Rochester, for example. We could employ boys and girls from there as hosts and train them in as servers when they're 18. Some would probably end up learning the business and moving up. Others will just pay their bills as they work their way through college.
These are things to plan.
What would I write a book about?
Life lessons.
I'm 37, what would I tell 20 year old me? --Don't worry about those stupid boys. You'll get to a point in your life where you'll have everything you've ever wanted in a marriage and realize you want more.
I'd tell 25 year old me to chill out. Take a breath and think about what you want.
I'd also tell my 36 year old self that you're going through life. Life is a long progression of productive decision making. We all make choices and we have to live with the results of those decisions.
2015 was a vicious reminder that we all should address mental health, both on a national scale and at home. How many mass shootings were there in #America and how many suicides? How many people in the #USA are #addicted to #alcohol, #heroin, #cocaine or #heroin? How many people are addicted to #prescription #drugs? I'll have to get my Google machine out. Do they even collect all that data? Duh, probably. Does anyone analyze it? Duh, probably.
According to NAMI, 18.5% of American adults experience mental illness each year. Turns out they do collect and analyze all that data; also Google has links to just about all that information and more. How many people does it take to analyze all that data, moreover how is the data collected?
Whew, ok enough stats. This country is filled with stories of all of it, the broken existences, the lives interrupted. I recently started watching the second season of #AmericanCrime on #ABC. GREAT SHOW!!! If you haven't started watching it, you should. It's so raw, emotional, uncomfortable, insightful, timely. Lily Taylor is amazing, Felicity Huffman is perfect. The show opens up a thought process about the failures of the system, and police incompetence. It forces viewers to tackle the stigma of rape, the power of money and status, the socioeconomic differences between all of us and the struggle of a victim. I can't wait to watch the rest of the second season, and will probably need to #Hulu the first.
Well friends, if anyone is reading this...which is highly unlikely given the sheer number of websites and blogs in the internet universe, I'm signing off for now. Peace and love.
