Very Interesting....

There are points in time when we find ourselves in "unjust" circumstances...
(or rather, what we DEEM to be unjust)..
In any case, we generally tip-toe around the issue for awhile, in deep contemplation,
so as not to ruffle any feathers until we've reached some modicum of equitable conclusion...
At which point, we determine how to best remedy the situation....
This is a scenario that EVERYONE finds themselves in from time to time...

Here's the REALLY fascinating thing:
(See if you can wrap your minds around this!)

I have found,,,over and over again....
that there is ANOTHER "Bone of Contention" scenario ...
floating around somewhere in our own, PERSONAL atmosphere....
that is the EXACT, 360 degree counterpart to what we are experiencing now...
That we have ALWAYS, but ALWAYS , been on the "other side of the coin"...

Hence, we have the very keen ability to REMEDY 'said' conflict....
by simply using our organic, EMPATHETIC mechanism...
by putting ourselves DIRECTLY, and of course FIGURATIVELY!,,,
into the other one's shoes for just a moment....

"Become the observer..."
Wise words...

Question.......

Question for the posse...

Hypothetical:

If you were 99.9% convinced that someone was a WITCH...
do ya think maybe it would NOT bode well to piss them off ???

'cause ya'd have to CONSTANTLY be watching your back, right ?

(Just a hypothetical!)

Is she sleeping ??

Is she sleeping?
Resting ?
Where are her parents ?
Does she HAVE parents ?
Is she dressed up ?
Why does she look so clean ?
Is that a smile ?
Where are all the people ?
How old is she ?
Is that a skirt ?
or..
a DIAPER maybe ???
Who is the little girl with the gigantic beach ball ???

And then.....

something happens....
a bit of news...
something of REAL IMPORTANCE...
something riveting....calamitous actually...
And you are stunned by what you're hearing...paralyzed really....
So much so,,,,
that it SHAKES everything else into sanguine, broad-based perspective....
I mean...
life can turn on a dime...
Lets face it....
Life can turn on much less than a dime...
And what's left ??
After all of the unrest and in-fighting...
the name-calling and the rage even....
What's left after all that superfluous hoo-haa is spent ?
Just your own perspective really...
A view, by the way, which requires relative examination and introspection...
And someone that you've loved for years has been diagnosed with uterine cancer...
And all you want to do is HELP HER...But how ??
And she's FINE, by the way...
because she knows GOD...
And interestingly..
it's YOU that is devastated by the news....
But you know GOD too, right ??
And the sun continues to shine ....and winter continues to plow forward......
And that's the beginning and the end of the story...

Old Friends...New Lovers....(a RUN-on jumble of adjectives and parodies)

And then....
Out of THIN AIR...
JUST when you'd given up on PRINCE CHARMING appearing....
JUST when you were considering,
 albeit fleetingly,
the concept of actually LOWERING your insanely, high standards....
in order to allow some MEDIOCRE bloke in out of the cold,,,,,,
a VISION...
Well...
NOT actually a vision...
more like a MEMORY...
a veritable MUSCLE MEMORY...
comes right back up in your face.....
But this MUSCLE MEMORY GUY has actual PRESENCE...
He is NOT a HOLOGRAM..
He's real....
all that dark flesh and rich, RED blood....
He's real.....
And you are awakened..... STARTLED.....SHOCKED even....
by the Baskets full of HOPE which his VERY appearance has benevolently brought with it....
He reaches into his travelers' knapsack....
and pulls out a small statue of a FISH....
tied with obscene amounts of RED RIBBON...
 A gift !!
for YOU !!
He begins to read you his OWN poetry,,,,at which point you remember his UTTER BRILLIANCE...
I mean.... GANDHI could've learned a thing or two from this guy !!
And so it goes....

Fascinating beings we are....

We can literally hear WONDERFUL, POSITIVE feedback and accolades about ourselves EVERY day....
But ONE NEGATIVE JAB....ONE LONE INSULT...(from some 'crazy', small town bumpkin actually!)...
and we throw veritable lifetimes of positive feedback out the window...just like that...
and choose ONLY to believe the ONE NEGATIVE....
What's up with that ?
Why on earth would that be our reaction ?
And this is a broad based problem...
Seldom will you come across a person with such a SOLID, on-point view of themselves,,,
that NO SOUR WORDS can EVER crack a dent in their esteem and honor....
But more often than not,,,,
the VICTIM of a LONE INSULT will fall to their knees in despair about the shallow, 
non-profundity which was proffered...(actually HURLED,,,, at them earlier!)
Why ?

Continues to amaze me....

It defies every rational cell in my head...
it REALLY does....
 that someone can TURN 150% in such VICIOUS and MANIC ways.....
But beyond that....
that somehow...somehow,,,,,
 they TRULY, irrefutably,,,
 believe that their behavior has been impeccable...impenetrable....
that they are RIGHTEOUS even!
That they are VICTIMS of wrong-doing...OVER and OVER again.....
"Professional Victims", I call them....
People who view themselves from their fantasy, puritanical towers....
PERFECT PEOPLE...beyond reproach...
"GOD's people"...
HAPPY people...
Yes,,,,SO HAPPY with their lives...
We've always suspected that people who
CONSTANTLY make declarations about how AMAZING and LUCKY their lives are...
are really pretty miserable underneath the shield of FAUX-BRAVADO
At first....yes.....
 they seem so benevolent and sweet and funny...
and charming and WONDERFUL to be around....
And you are THRILLED to pieces to have found them...
And SO WHAT if their declarations of self importance and worth seem a tad arrogant...
Right ?
I mean...
Who cares, right?
The sheer SIMPATICO between you is rampant...no question...
But relatively shortly thereafter...
LITTLE things begin popping up...
little annoyances...little inconsistencies....
And you CHOOSE, in these moments....
to ignore them....
wanting fiercely and profoundly to believe in the person...
But KNOWING somewhere in your heart.....that they are BAD...(KNOWING that they are BAD!)
And then...
just like that.....
 they suck you back in with their melodrama and their intrigue and their mysterious ailments...
And JUST when they have your FULL ATTENTION,,,,yet again,,,,
they TURN.....Yup.....
They become distant and creepy...
And it seems like they've completely forgotten ALL the things that brought you together in the first place...
They seem to have forgotten WHOLE CONVERSATIONS even...
They seem,
dare I say it aloud....
like SCHIZOPHRENICS who've been released from the asylum for the day...
And they begin to INSULT and BADGER and even THREATEN you...
They become full blown VIPERS....
STREET VIPERS...
And they make stupid, ireversable mistakes in their moment of hysteria...
like telling you, for example,
 (IN WRITING!) that the policemen in town are THEIR OWN PERSONAL HENCHMEN...lol
and that they will follow any and all of their personal orders...
regardless of legalities, rules, etc.
I'm sure those cops would be THRILLED to hear about that particular statement!
lolol
And then suddenly....
 the soft, round, cherubs that you once fleetingly THOUGHT they were....
 turn into UGLY, NASTY gutter rats....
right before your eyes...
But at that point,,,,you're SO OVER them, that it's ONLY an annoyance...nothing more....