it’s the year 2026 and we have the worst people known to man running the country and this world and yet somehow, we’re all supposed to function. We’re supposed to just keep going as if this is all normal. Yes, we need to stand up and fight, and I think majority of us want to but how can we when we have so many people willing to go against their own interests in the name of isms. What’s the route to take to freedom, equality, justice, and change if we can’t organize the masses to join in. Hell, we can’t even get people to boycott fully, let alone a general strike which is what we really need. At time it feels hopeless and I feel helpless. Salute to my ancestors and the freedom fighters that came before us, they got us so far just for it all to be overturned. So how do we cope, how to we survive? We try to narrow the scope and simply win the day.
I know that sounds almost too juvenile when there is so much to be done, but sometimes, it’s all we can do to get by. Solve each problem that is in front of us one at a time. I have found myself in an ongoing battle with depression. My work environment has been stressful, career aspirations stalled, love life nonexistent, I don’t have abs and a big butt yet 😂, and well, gestures to the aforementioned world at large broadly. It’s hard on some days to be motivated because, honestly, what’s the point? And not in a, I’m ready to end it all kind of way, but life has a way of taking a toll, and sometimes it’s hard to just get up. It’s more than a notion to put one foot in front of the other and put on a brave face. If you know me, you know I am literally one of the most positive people you’ll meet. My default setting is joy; my demeanor is calm; my favorite pastime is spreading my pixy dust along my journey. It’s been difficult to be a shell of myself and even tougher to go unseen. Don’t get me wrong, I have some incredible friends and family who love me down, but we’re all trying to survive and navigate life, so I can’t knock them for not knowing or being around. There are just days when it feels like I’m on an island, or other days when I’m in a crowded room where no one can hear me screaming. What I’ve learned to do on those days is to stop, take a deep breath, and take in the beautiful things around me. The wind in the trees, the sun in the blue sky, and the sound of laughter from the kids playing on my block after school. From there, it goes to what I do have: a comfortable home, the option to eat what I want, people who genuinely love me, free will, and a relatively sound mind. The thing about gratitude is that it unlocks praise, which in turn unlocks blessings. No, things have not gone the way I expected, and life looks very different at 41 than I’d hoped, but it also doesn’t look like what it could look like, amen! The choice to say, ” Hey, today hasn’t been my favorite day, but there’s always tomorrow.” The ability to choose me even when that isn’t the convenient choice. I hope that you will take your power back, little by little. This world doesn’t get to steal your hope, people don’t get to steal your joy, you don’t get to give up because there is so much to be done. Even if the doing is simply existing. You being here is a blessing, one that I pray you never take for granted. You are not someone to take for granted.
So, for today, let’s narrow the scope and simply set out to win it, then go from there. 🙂
Life as I come to know it 