The last time I wrote things were not going so swimmingly for me. Not much has changed but my attitude definitely has. I am notoriously hard on myself. I tend to get into spirals of self pitying behavior and I abhor myself for doing that and then it just creates a vicious cycle. When I look at the big picture, I clearly see that I am lucky and privileged in so many ways. Simply being white and American automatically make me luckier than 90% of the world. That being said, it is still hard on a day to day basis to live life when things are not breaking your way. When this happens to me, I try to step back and have some perspective. I went to my doctor today to get results of my physical. I have been feeling crappy and with my past history of thyroid issues, I thought it would be a good time to get a check up. I also have gained 8 pounds over the winter which is alarming. While I was waiting to be seen by the doctor, I looked around at the other people waiting: an overweight man in a whee...
The fabulously eccentric non conformist, poet Allen Ginsberg said, "“To gain your own voice, you have to forget about having it heard.” This blog is not to gain followers or to show off my writing skills, but instead to express my thoughts and feelings about the world through words. I believe words have the power to change and move people and through writing them, change oneself. This is what I am doing in this blog...changing myself one word at a time.