I live in a city that is a major hub port for US import commodities. Anyways...
Today I go to get coffee. It's about 8:30am. Only have to walk two blocks. While on my journey I see neighbors out doing their thing with their yards. They say hi because most neighborhood knows me as the handy-man. I can fix most things. These neighbors invite you over for a small-talk, and everyone goes back to what they were doing knowing their community also looks happy. How do we know we are happy, we are not hiding our smiles.
So anyways, after having two minutes with my block neighbor I proceed to go get coffee. I enter the MSR and am noticing that everyone over say 35/40 yoa are not wearing mask. They are wearing smiles as they proceed in their path. Seeing such was so warming in the 42 degree day.
Though, and here is the tough part, I guess, young people(people perceived to be younger than my 45yoa) are wearing N95, or double-dumbing with two mask, and turning their head away from you as they walk by. Now, I only saw 14 people as I walked to coffee, but of that, the majority of those people were younger than myself. I think I only saw 5 people wearing smiles, all with greying hair. I have some grey hair as well. You can kind of see my age in my mustache.
I got one block left to coffee self, so I engage every person that wants to turn their head. As they walk by I say "hello", as selfless people do. I saw some eyes glaze over with fear. This one girl walking her dog just kept staring straight forward, robotically, pretending I was not there. As I walked by this younger lady smoking a cigarette, I'm not completely sure, but I think I heard her hold her exhale and hold. Though I'm not completely sure of that, but I heard an exhale and then I saw the head turn away from me when I said hello... I smoke too. Yet, I can't comprehend how the fuck a person be so terrified of a respiratory virus while actively engaging in use of a substance that is known to create cancer? So I said that shit to her...
What does she do, gets angry, throws the smoke down on the ground, lets out a sigh, throws the mask up and double-time steps out of the situation... I don't know what went through her head right then, and personally, I don't give a fuck. Because at the end of the day, I am me.
What do I need?
Knowledge, and a good laugh from time to time.
However, if the vaccine kills mom's, I might turn into a killer. --I struggle with this thought constantly. We are all trapped by something.
I live in a city that is a major hub port for US import commodities. Anyways...
Today I go to get coffee. It's about 8:30am. Only have to walk two blocks. While on my journey I see neighbors out doing their thing with their yards. They say hi because most neighborhood knows me as the handy-man. I can fix most things. These neighbors invite you over for a small-talk, and everyone goes back to what they were doing knowing their community also looks happy. How do we know we are happy, we are not hiding our smiles.
So anyways, after having two minutes with my block neighbor I proceed to go get coffee. I enter the MSR and am noticing that everyone over say 35/40 yoa are not wearing mask. They are wearing smiles as they proceed in their path. Seeing such was so warming in the 42 degree day.
Though, and here is the tough part, I guess, young people(people perceived to be younger than my 45yoa) are wearing N95, or double-dumbing with two mask, and turning their head away from you as they walk by. Now, I only saw 14 people as I walked to coffee, but of that, the majority of those people were younger than myself. I think I only saw 5 people wearing smiles, all with greying hair. I have some grey hair as well. You can kind of see my age in my mustache.
I got one block left to coffee self, so I engage every person that wants to turn their head. As they walk by I say "hello", as selfless people do. I saw some eyes glaze over with fear. This one girl walking her dog just kept staring straight forward, robotically, pretending I was not there. As I walked by this younger lady smoking a cigarette, I'm not completely sure, but I think I heard her hold her exhale and hold. Though I'm not completely sure of that, but I heard an exhale and then I saw the head turn away from me when I said hello... I smoke too. Yet, I can't comprehend how the fuck a person be so terrified of a respiratory virus while actively engaging in use of a substance that is known to create cancer? So I said that shit to her...
What does she do, gets angry, throws the smoke down on the ground, lets out a sigh, throws the mask up and double-time steps out of the situation... I don't know what went through her head right then, and personally, I don't give a fuck. Because at the end of the day, I am me.
What do I need?
Knowledge, and a good laugh from time to time.
However, if the vaccine kills mom's, I might turn into a killer. --I struggle with this thought constantly. We are all trapped by something.