What is missing?
Something is missing. This isn't really a job for Colombo...but something is missing. Hmm, hmmm, hmmm. What is the something that is missing? Well there's a lack of respect so we could say that the respect for each other in many ways has slowly disappeared. Comedian/actor Aziz Ansari oberved that it's not so much that people have become more hateful but are more overt in their disparagement of others. They are also more open in stating such and attributing it to the new president. Hey! Hate is still a bad thing.
Yo, you've got to love, man. Ya gotta love! The love is missing. I was told this week that it really doesn't matter, we can't change the world. I disagree. In the end, do organized marches change the world? I say no. However if it becomes a vehicle to open dialogue well then it is a start. Funny, I was told that I am considered a very conservative person by most who know me. I describe myself as a centrist. Although, the discussion in which I was told I'm too conservative started as a non-political discussion and spiralled from there to touch civic policy and affecting change to the world that we directly touch.
This is what we refer to the as the grassroots level, and yes we are all responsible for impacting that part of our world. It is done either through action or in-action. I am a doer. If someone wants to sit on their lazy ass and complain about the world but never moves, well, I'm not listening. I'm too busy getting things done. Apparently, as it was observed that I'm too busy and moving too quickly to notice some extrinsic interpersonal communication. I usually pick up on non-verbal cues. Rememeber I did quite a bit of people watching as required undergraduate work.
I became more attuned to things around me. I had lost touch with the energy, the human electricity, the vibe. Further, it was observed that not only was I out of touch with the vibe, but I was literally too conservative for my own good. This was mentioned in the sense of my own potential love interest. I can say it was an interesting conversation. I like a deep conversation and I'm comfortable enough being me to engage even if I've suddently become the subject matter. Did I miss the vibe from a woman at one point? yes. Have I purposely ignored it at other times int he past? Yes again.
My colleague decided to run back some interactions from the past week. Did I notice this, or that? Would I be interested in this woman, etc? Why, why not? I'm the Anserman, so I'm good with answers. The discussion traveled down the road of last week's blog that entailed age differential and that is where I was told, "Man, you're way too conservative, age parameters, body type, yip, yap, yip yap....." I get teased by my female friends all the time that there are only so many red heads to pick from in greater Quesionopolis. The truth is that I'm not limiting myself to a single idea of the perfect person, gingers or not!
The Answerman says, we need to get back to showing love for each other. Respect, it means not showing the hate. Get off your butt and get involved in some activity for the community. I am doing that now and I've gotten back to being in touch with the extrinsic vibe. Maybe.. .maybe I will engage the vibe but never if it could disrupt anything else in my life.
Yo, you've got to love, man. Ya gotta love! The love is missing. I was told this week that it really doesn't matter, we can't change the world. I disagree. In the end, do organized marches change the world? I say no. However if it becomes a vehicle to open dialogue well then it is a start. Funny, I was told that I am considered a very conservative person by most who know me. I describe myself as a centrist. Although, the discussion in which I was told I'm too conservative started as a non-political discussion and spiralled from there to touch civic policy and affecting change to the world that we directly touch.
This is what we refer to the as the grassroots level, and yes we are all responsible for impacting that part of our world. It is done either through action or in-action. I am a doer. If someone wants to sit on their lazy ass and complain about the world but never moves, well, I'm not listening. I'm too busy getting things done. Apparently, as it was observed that I'm too busy and moving too quickly to notice some extrinsic interpersonal communication. I usually pick up on non-verbal cues. Rememeber I did quite a bit of people watching as required undergraduate work.
I became more attuned to things around me. I had lost touch with the energy, the human electricity, the vibe. Further, it was observed that not only was I out of touch with the vibe, but I was literally too conservative for my own good. This was mentioned in the sense of my own potential love interest. I can say it was an interesting conversation. I like a deep conversation and I'm comfortable enough being me to engage even if I've suddently become the subject matter. Did I miss the vibe from a woman at one point? yes. Have I purposely ignored it at other times int he past? Yes again.
My colleague decided to run back some interactions from the past week. Did I notice this, or that? Would I be interested in this woman, etc? Why, why not? I'm the Anserman, so I'm good with answers. The discussion traveled down the road of last week's blog that entailed age differential and that is where I was told, "Man, you're way too conservative, age parameters, body type, yip, yap, yip yap....." I get teased by my female friends all the time that there are only so many red heads to pick from in greater Quesionopolis. The truth is that I'm not limiting myself to a single idea of the perfect person, gingers or not!
The Answerman says, we need to get back to showing love for each other. Respect, it means not showing the hate. Get off your butt and get involved in some activity for the community. I am doing that now and I've gotten back to being in touch with the extrinsic vibe. Maybe.. .maybe I will engage the vibe but never if it could disrupt anything else in my life.
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