Asking For A Friend

Listen to "Asking For A Friend" on Spreaker. July 17, 2020 My wife got really serious with me this morning. Sitting on the sofa while I was daily writing. I could tell by her facial expressions that something wasn’t in a positive place. I laid down my writing instrument and prepared for her message. Looking directly into my eyes she very calmly began, “I’ve been thinking a lot lately. This analogy has come to me and I think it should be shared.” Honestly, I was really starting to embrace for what my assumption was painting as horrible news. She continued, “Covid-19 is like Kevin Bacon. As of today. Everybody is seven degrees of separation with it. Meaning, we all know someone who has Covid-19 or has had it.” On this podcast episode we dive deep into that very subject. Covid-19 is our modern day Kevin Bacon. We all know someone who knows someone who knows someone. This isn’t meant to be a Debbie Downer moment but rather a message of awareness. I can’t believe I wrote message. I’m not preaching here. Not my job. Awareness. Due to the strength of the media we are no longer in control of the way we think therefore our actions and reactions are physically being controlled by outlets making key words their story. I have two great examples on this podcast. REM the band. Two songs. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It and Losing My Religion. The titles formulate an opinion and or emotion in your mind body and soul. The titles! Now let me toss in these headlines. Twitter Hacked Affected Obama, Biden, Bill Gates, Kanye West And More. Millions of Twitter lovers and haters tapped into that headline doing all they could to not get the story but the dirt. Everybody wants dirt. To be the first to own the dirt. To compare our dirt to their dirt. The media! You’re under their spell. We all fall for it every day because it’s an addiction. My dirt isn’t moving or empowering but it woke me up. I’m back to normal. What? Yeah. After my daily early morning walk through the forest with Jazzie I stood in the dining room looking at our beautiful table. The very table where we once played a lot of card and board games during the opening moments of quarantine. The very table where my wife and I once shared breakfast, lunch and dinner every day. Yeah, that table where we’d sit during Zoom and Google Meet conversations with family and friends laughing about anything and everything. We’d get together with other teachers and play games. That’s where we once did it. On that table. Back to normal. Oh! Let me share something with you. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It and Losing My Religion. The lyrics from both songs truly have nothing to do with the image your imagination generated the moment the words came into play. Just a title. Just a headline. How are you doing these days? Are ya back to normal? Asking for a friend…