Get Out of my Head!
I imagined starting this blog with some lame cliché statement, something akin to, "Horrible injustices are occurring every day in the shadows of our society." Lame, I know, but it's a true story. I'll try to refrain from all that high-drama rhetoric in the future, but no promises. I have things to say, serious and (I believe) important things that have been stuck in my head for years while I've wasted my life and my time and my intelligence either speaking to the wrong audience or not speaking at all. There is crazy shit going down in the world every day, more and more by the minute, and it seems like nobody cares. It seems like people are watching it go down and saying, "well, if it's not happening to me, it doesn't matter." If you are one of those people, feel free to jump off a tall building whenever the urge strikes; I assure you the world will be just fine (or better) without you in it. If you are not one those people, if you are someone who looks at the crazy shit and wants to do something about it, or if you are someone who sees it and wonders if using your tiny voice to speak out will make any difference, or even if you are someone who just doesn't know or understand much about the rampant injustices that plague our society, please stick around. This is going to be educational, but it's also going to be FUN!
I used to look at the world and think that no one would care what I have to say about it. Who am I? I'm nobody. I'm a world-class screw up who has failed at everything I've tried to do. And I bet I'll keep screwing shit up until the day I die, but I sure as hell will not stop trying. As long as I've got these big dreams in my head and this heart full of love, I'm going to suck it up and keep going. So this blog is something I hope will help me stop being a screw up. I also hope it will help someone other than me along the way. Ultimately, that's the goal. Help people that need help.
It's hard to know the right way to help people. I've spent most of my adult life learning the wrong ways to do it. Like letting my jobless boyfriend move in with me and then taking care of him while he drinks all my money away. Or letting my drug addict friend sleep on my couch, only to wake up the next morning and find that he and my television are no longer present. Those are only a couple of examples, but let's just say I probably know a thousand wrong ways to help a person. I've come to the conclusion that I need to focus my attention more on helping people in general than on helping people on an individual basis. I also need to have healthy boundaries, which I do at this point in time, but that's off topic. The topic is helping people. More specifically, oppressed or disadvantaged people...which isn't specific at all. That category could include anyone from minorities to women to inmates to addicts to homeless people to veterans to the mentally ill...the list goes on and on. And I intend to cover all of the aforementioned groups at some point, but for now I'll keep it general. I want to help these kinds of people, but how do I do that by myself? I don't. There is a quote that says: "Without people you're nothing." I firmly believe that. So I have to start by spreading awareness to other people. There are things happening in our society that need to be put in the spotlight, there are members of our society suffering in so many ways and the people who could help are oblivious to it. Well oblivion is no excuse. If you have eyes and ears, open them. And if you have the power to help, then help...or at least spread the word. That's how I plan to help, by bringing awareness to the people around me. Hence the blog. This is where it begins, where I get all these ideas and concerns out of my head and into the world, where they can be made useful by the people they touch.
That's all for now. My next post will be about either the War on Drugs or the human casualties of under-regulated capitalism. I'm also open to suggestions. I hope I've given whoever's reading this something to think about.
I used to look at the world and think that no one would care what I have to say about it. Who am I? I'm nobody. I'm a world-class screw up who has failed at everything I've tried to do. And I bet I'll keep screwing shit up until the day I die, but I sure as hell will not stop trying. As long as I've got these big dreams in my head and this heart full of love, I'm going to suck it up and keep going. So this blog is something I hope will help me stop being a screw up. I also hope it will help someone other than me along the way. Ultimately, that's the goal. Help people that need help.
It's hard to know the right way to help people. I've spent most of my adult life learning the wrong ways to do it. Like letting my jobless boyfriend move in with me and then taking care of him while he drinks all my money away. Or letting my drug addict friend sleep on my couch, only to wake up the next morning and find that he and my television are no longer present. Those are only a couple of examples, but let's just say I probably know a thousand wrong ways to help a person. I've come to the conclusion that I need to focus my attention more on helping people in general than on helping people on an individual basis. I also need to have healthy boundaries, which I do at this point in time, but that's off topic. The topic is helping people. More specifically, oppressed or disadvantaged people...which isn't specific at all. That category could include anyone from minorities to women to inmates to addicts to homeless people to veterans to the mentally ill...the list goes on and on. And I intend to cover all of the aforementioned groups at some point, but for now I'll keep it general. I want to help these kinds of people, but how do I do that by myself? I don't. There is a quote that says: "Without people you're nothing." I firmly believe that. So I have to start by spreading awareness to other people. There are things happening in our society that need to be put in the spotlight, there are members of our society suffering in so many ways and the people who could help are oblivious to it. Well oblivion is no excuse. If you have eyes and ears, open them. And if you have the power to help, then help...or at least spread the word. That's how I plan to help, by bringing awareness to the people around me. Hence the blog. This is where it begins, where I get all these ideas and concerns out of my head and into the world, where they can be made useful by the people they touch.
That's all for now. My next post will be about either the War on Drugs or the human casualties of under-regulated capitalism. I'm also open to suggestions. I hope I've given whoever's reading this something to think about.
I'm on board and can't believe how much we think alike. Only difference is you are putting it out there. Maybe with some encouragement I too will put it out there. For now..I'm listening and watching.
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