Listen Fat, President Trump makes me want to be a better man.
Naysayers may laugh, but it's how I feel in my heart.
He makes me want to work harder. Learn more. Become stronger. Expand my talents. Think Big. Fight. Not waste my time. Never give up. Become great and leave a legacy.
I got to thinking, during this time of quarantine when many of us have extra time, rather than fritter it away, like doing Meth with male hookers in hotel rooms, reach out to my caterpillars here on .win to tap into this infinite well of knowledge for things we can be doing to MAGA by Making Ourselves Great Again, because after all, what is America? It's not the magic dirt. It's us.
Suggestions for personal, spiritual, family, health, career, education, leisure, and any others are welcome. We may never become as great as Donald Trump, few ever have or will, but let us die trying.
If you want to do something for others, I know a way you can help the thousands of grandparents raising grandchildren (many single like me). I'm 67 and now teaching a first and second grader and have to be super careful about social distancing because of my age and the fact that without me, these kids go to foster care. If I have to be quarantined, there's no one else I'd rather be quarantined with, but by bedtime, I'm exhausted and craving a few minutes alone. I keep thinking if someone would just read to them at bedtime, I could sit and wind down in the evening like normal people do. There are some famous people recording stories, but well, I'm not trying to indoctrinate my kids to the celebrity culture, so I'm not so interested in them. Normal people would be better, I think. It could be fun. Kids don't even need good stories. Whatever books are in your neighborhood Little Library would do as long as you have fun with it. If it sucks, say so. The kids would think that's funny. You could also make up stories, or write your own children's book. Kids are easy to please and goofy. This might be a good idea, or it might be a really bad one that just seems good in my current state of exhaustion.
I've been a nurse over 40 years, so I was lucky to learn very young about what matters in the end. I now have the advantage of 67 years of life experiences. I've lived in a trailer and I've lived in a 6000 square foot house. I was happier when I lived in the trailer than when I lived in the giant house. Now, because of spending a huge chunk of my retirement trying to help my addict daughter and then on lawyers to save her children, I'm back to living on a tight budget. But this time, it doesn't bother me because "stuff" has never brought me contentment and I have enough to pay the bills. t seems trite, but money really can't buy happiness. You need enough to not worry about monthly bills, but beyond that, being in the company of people who make a lot of money just tends to shift your focus from inner things to materialism.
I was always grateful I had a job that mattered; a job where I could make a difference in other people's lives. But really, you don't have to be in a profession that's considered a helping profession to change people's lives. Mostly, you just have to listen and care. It's all most people want and need, and you can do that in any job.
What's saved my sanity and kept me stable and resilient more than anything is that I learned to meditate when the Beatles made it trendy in the 70s. I was 19 and it changed my life forever. It's the best thing I ever did and it has stood the test of time.
If I were to suggest one thing to do during the quarantine, it would be to learn to meditate. You'll be of more use to the world if you can carry inner peace with you, no matter the circumstance.
This was rambling, but you seem like a very good-hearted person who indeed does have much to offer the world. I wish you the best and much happiness along the way.
A lot of wisdom here. Thanks for mentioning meditation. The Beatles, like our GEOTUS, weren't perfect, but they did a lot of good, and their music can instantly change someone's mood to happiness. They did "turn on" a lot of people to meditation, which I think gets a bad rap in our country. Just a way to be yourself, the real you, not the thinking brain you. Turn off all the noise for a moment here or there, and just be you and be still. It's nice.
That was NOT rambling. That was a really great thing to hear. TY elderpede. I am one of those people who likes to shoot the shit with the elderpedes. Youngns are tiresome. And stupid. Even when I was a child, I wanted to hang out with the grown up pedes and the elderpedes. Screw retards. You guys are way more fun.
Meditate huh.
why does that sound so hard to do? I got shit to do. I don't want the Arrests happening without me.
But, come to think of it, there are a few answers I've wanted that I knew I could only get by going awake to the other side, just this past few months. But I was just lazy and didn't. I always think I will do it before bed, but then I end up face first in a crossword or the comment section of the Zero Hedge.
Try out some audiobooks! There are great ones for kids.
Here is a lovely children's audiobook (A Single Shard)
https://workupload.com/file/PbDQDWTuzFC