Some days…
Are incredibly beautiful, that is today. What a great day to run on. Granted, I’m exhausted at this point, but tomorrow and Sunday I can take it easy, just a little over 5 miles each day gets me over 40 for the week.
So then for lunch, after that glorious run, I stopped at the store near one of the satellite campuses and got myself some cashews and raisins, and maybe a Bounty bar. Yeah they don’t do Mounds here, it’s Bounty. Oh they’re still tasty though. I eat healthy I swear! I find myself constantly double-checking the labels on the things I love to eat to ensure no one’s sneaking palm oil or gelatin into things where they don’t belong. Companies really need to stop doing that, but they won’t stop doing that as long as we buy the stuff. It’s also not enough to simply not buy, but tell them why you’re not buying.
Meanwhile, I’ve been trying to explain to a person how labels, even if we’re trying to use them positively, only serve to perpetuate the current power structure and systems. That language is more than just a way to communicate ideas, but it is a way of thinking. Each language has it’s own particular patterns and ideas. It’s so difficult sometimes. I wish there was a magic button I could push where everyone would suddenly “get” that everything they’ve ever been taught, thought, or will think in the future is probably wrong. That there is a way forward in life, but it requires a knowledge that you will never really know anything 100% and that everyone else, no matter how great or terrible will never know anything either. From there, all that’s left is we are these beings, stuck on a rock together, and we should probably take a minute and acknowledge that we all have a place here and we’re all brothers/sisters.
Once you accept that, then the only thing left to do is look at everyone as if they were your own family. From there, let’s all just give each other the love and respect we all deserve. Make sure that every human has what they need to survive, and destroy any system that creates a situation where people go without, because those systems aren’t real, they aren’t proper. End of.
Soap box step down.
Have fun, keep running, and remember; If Gil can run then so can you!
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