All Things Odd And Silly

 I am wondering what will transpire at the meeting between Mr. Trump and Netanyahu.  Will ending the deliberate starvation of the people of Gaza be the discussion taking place, or will it be about how Gaza will be divvied up and shared between them and their countries once the people have been cleared and removed.  It is even worth hoping that Mr. Trump might: 1. care to engage with the truth  and 2.  care about the situation of the people of Gaza, and consider it to be unacceptable and consider there to be a need to end their deliberate starvation immediately.  That’s two steps. Or is it four?  I’m afraid it doesn’t really matter.  I have little faith that Mr. Trump would care about anything unless it was necessary to help him achieve his own ends.  I hope he proves me wrong.  I used to not pay that much attention to politics and international events.  Mr. Donald Trump put a stop to that for me.  

 When the cake hit the wall.  Oh dear, it’s a cake story.  It just came to my mind tonight.  There was a time when my sister in law was having a summer picnic and a little birthday celebration for Grandma Dirrigl.  Well, there was a little cake mishap.  My sister-in-law went to carry Grandma Dirrigl’s birthday cake outside when she somehow slipped and lost the cake which then hit the wall before falling to the floor.  I can laugh now.  Actually, it was really funny then. 😂🤣😂 And it was also disappointing that the cake couldn’t be part of the birthday celebration and a perfectly good cake was lost. 🎂  😞 My daughter and her cousin though made the best of it.  They stood and licked and ate the bits of cake and frosting that remained on the wall. 😂 Well, at least they made the mishap even more humorous and got to enjoy a little bit of the cake. 😂

 Joplin, Missouri.  That’s a thought in my head tonight.  I guess it’s because earlier today I watched that documentary on Netflix about the tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri.  I’m trying to remember if my brother and sister-in-law went there.  And it was quite a story on the documentary that a precocious 13-year-old weatherman and meteorologist traveled along with his mother to visit Joplin, Missouri, placing them there at the time of the tornado.  They were having dinner in a café when the tornado struck Joplin and the café remained unaffected as did the hotel that they were staying at across the street.  

Actually today is Friday. 😃  No, it’s not Monday.  It’s Friday.  It’s a good day because it’s today and today is a good day. 😄 No, it is Friday for heaven sakes. 🤦

 What humanity needs from each of us and for ourselves and for each other now.  Be good.  Be good to ourselves and each other now.  It sounds like a no-brainer and an obvious concept.  It is something that humanity is really struggling with right now though.  I am reminded again of the viral advice that was going around social media a while back.  The advice was: Be kind.  It’s that simple.   We can at least all commit to make an effort to keep this as a valued sentiment within our hearts.  This doesn’t mean that people have to sacrifice anything to their own detriment.  It just means that it is to our own benefit as well as the benefit of others for us to desire to show kindness and give of ourselves in whatever manner we are capable and able and feel comfortable in doing so.   It is this intention that can transform our lives as well as the lives of others.

  https://www.instagram.com/share/_h85bKHjw Oh my! 😯 And I thought it was really embarrassing when one time (okay two times) I tripped on a space or obstacle in a walkway because I was trying to move too fast and wasn’t paying enough attention, and I fell to my hands and knees and then got up again and walk away. 🥴 I’m very good at being a dork but this lady made an even grander adventure of it! 😲 👍

  https://youtu.be/olanOJyvons?feature=shared Higher Selves.  What would they say to us?  They would say,  “Don’t ever question your value.  And be happy.  And there is one thing that money can’t buy or defeat and that is the commitment of human beings to desire to feel and practice kindness and empathy toward themselves and others.  This is called saving the world on a budget.  This is how human beings oppose and don’t give strength to powers that seek to feel and practice the opposite.  This is how people morally object to and don’t give support or strength to leadership of a destructive and dehumanizing nature.  People at this time need to make a personal choice to commit themselves to having perceptions of empathy & caring toward others.  This begins with oneself and then reflects outward.  It is the starting point of creating good will toward fellow human beings and a world at peace.  And this is how we shine the ...

 I just opened up my phone and saw this.  I don’t even know how or why my phone opened to this site (Substack), but I totally agree!

 Slaves to the pursuit of personal power and money.  This is who and what people like Donald Trump and Elon Musk are.  They have more than enough money to live very comfortable and privileged lives for the rest of their lives.  They could devote the rest of their lives to just enjoying themselves and doing good things with their money.  But instead, their focus and motivation in life is just to acquire more and more money and more ability to acquire more money.  Why?  Have they ever heard of Charles Dickens’ Ebeneezer Scrooge?  Have they ever read the book or watched this movie at Christmas time?  It seems that they are trapped in a diseased mind state that they need to wake up from.  Ok, maybe Elon Musk has grand goals like paving the way for humanity to expand their existence into the greater cosmos.  But what is the purpose of doing so if this is not for the benefit of humanity?  Does he really want to achieve goals such as ...

 Is America as a free and democratic nation doomed?  It is the question that we now must spend our days living with.  We have been let down by our government.  Who knew just a decade ago that we were in for such a treat.  Now there is nothing that we the mere American people can do, at least not until there is another election. 🥹 Our democracy failed us in being a system that allows a convicted criminal to run for the office the president.