{"id":2477,"date":"2021-01-06T21:22:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T21:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2021-01-07T03:16:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T03:16:36","slug":"whats-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/?p=2477","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Right Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I don\u2019t have to tell you. These are Tricky Times. It can be overwhelming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some days I want to say, \u201cWhat the f..k?!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Slap my wrist, I\u2019m trying to mitigate the swearing\u2026\u201dWhat the fubar*?!\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, this social deprivation business makes a face in my mirror and whines, \u201cI want to burn the masks and see smiling faces again. I wanna dance to live music. I whine-a go somewhere\u2026\u2026\u201d Waa. Waa. Waa. All selfish statements of finding, \u201cwhat\u2019s wrong with the day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve never been fond of New Year\u2019s resolutions and this is not one of those. But I\u2019m initiating a spanking new dialogue of self-help-talk. If I find myself straying to thoughts about what I\u2019m missing or what\u2019s wrong in the world, I&#8217;ll send in a mental pinch-hitter to say, \u201cWhat is RIGHT with this day?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_9930-2-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_9930-2-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2482\" width=\"213\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_9930-2-rotated.jpg 240w, https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_9930-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today at the library, a book is on hold waiting for me. Outside my window, a pretty yellow bird flits amid red poinsettia blossoms.  A little girl in green galoshes waved at me as I passed by; I\u2019m still smiling inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m alive.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I live in peace (relatively).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have food, water, shelter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have friends and family to love.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s it     &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>oh, what the fubar&#8230;!..I\u2019ll throw in my New Year\u2019s Eve video-dance (I feel the need to preface that this was created BEFORE I poured my first glass of champagne\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Here we come,<\/em> <em>2021!!!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/New-Year2021.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLive life like you\u2019re gonna die<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because you\u2019re gonna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, maybe you won\u2019t suffer maybe it\u2019s quick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But you\u2019ll have time to think<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why did I <em>waste <\/em>it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why didn\u2019t I <em>taste <\/em>it?\u201d&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;   William&nbsp;Shatner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a long<br>A long time coming<br>But I know a change gonna come<br>Oh, yes it will&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; Sam Cooke<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*New Oxford American Dictionary &#8211; fubar\/ adj. out of working order; seriously, perhaps irreparably, damaged. Origin 1940\u2019s: acronym from <em>fucked up beyond all recognition<\/em> (or repair).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t have to tell you. These are Tricky Times. It can be overwhelming. 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