Mind boggling

Happy Tuesday,

How are you all doing on this amazing Tuesday afternoon? I hope you’re having a great day, even if you are at work. Hope you’re able to keep cool too. It’s been a hot couple of weeks for sure. The lake has been super busy, even late into the evening with people just hanging around and floating. Great way to keep cool.

Yesterday was a super busy day. Got up at 5:15 took Grant to his first day of trade school, and before heading home, I stopped by the community garden to water our plants. Jeannie got us a garden bed, so we’ve been planting away. Our cantaloupe is looking amazing, along with our tomatoes and peppers. I’m still a tad concerned about our raspberries, but the blueberries seem to be coming on strong. Anyway, once the watering was done, I got home, changed and headed to San Diego for two doctor appointments.

My first appointment consisted of multiple tests on my eyes and optical nerves and such. Apparently the swelling behind my right eye was enough for the doctor to pursue more tests. What I didn’t know was she thought that I had macular edema, which is basically a swelling of the retina. While she is still consulting with a neuro-ophthalmologist, she felt comfortable enough to not send me to the ER for a lumbar puncture. She said she would follow up with me in the next few days.

Glad I passed all the test to her satisfaction and I didn’t find myself in the hospital needing a much dreaded LP. Those things are the absolute worst. Anyway, enough about that. I ended up getting home around 7 last night. It was a long day for me.

I’m glad I’m able to write today. I did do some actual writing yesterday, but I wasn’t able to get a blog out. I was bummed, but I’m happy to be here writing to you today.

Johns been super busy unboxing his office stuff. He’s filled his file cabinet back up and that means 5 boxes are done. Yippee!! He was able to clear a nice open path to my washer and dryer. Feels good to be able to navigate to the laundry area. I told him the other day walking in our garage reminded me of the I Love Lucy episode where Lucy and Ricky moved in with Fred and Ethel and all their furniture and boxes were in the living room and you had to go through these secret box tunnels to get anywhere in the house.

Navigating the garage like that was fun for a moment, but it sure does feel good to have an open path. I so appreciate all the hard work John’s doing to unbox and get our home back to clean and tidy. This evening I’ll be chipping in and getting our patio back to a nice and tidy state.

Today I was listening to some radio show, 95.5, KLOS while driving Grant to school. The way these people were debating the presidential candidates or the items of debate between the candidates was mind boggling. The banter between the show hosts was nothing less than, if you don’t agree with me then you are against me. Well, let me back up. One of the woman host was that way. She just wanted to argue if someone was of a different opinion then hers. She felt her rights were being attacked. Maybe they were, and if she felt that way, then perhaps the best thing would have been to say something like, “this is the way I feel and I won’t change my mind, but you’re entitled to your thoughts and opinions on said subject.”

The topic of abortion came up. The one male host said, “I don’t care if you have an abortion, but not everyone feels that way and thus the debate about who should win the presidency was on the chopping block. Okay, I don’t agree with abortion myself, at least not on the whole, but to listen to this woman host arguing and continue to argue her stance on abortion was nothing less then WOW. Her co-host was of the mindset he didn’t care if someone had an abortion or not, but she kept arguing that her ideas were right and since he wouldn’t agree with her, he was wrong and she made sure the world would know it.

I see where she’s coming from and she absolutely made some valid points, but she came across, in my opinion as saying, if you don’t agree with me then you are wrong and not very smart.

There are two sides to every debate, to every issue and to every election. The hatred this country witnessed during the debate on Saturday was appalling. If you don’t like a candidate, that’s fine, but to try to assassinate him, not fine.

We were given free will. Our constitution affords us free speech. Why the hate? Why the hate for either side? I have a candidate I believe in. I support him. What I don’t support is the hate between the different parties.

One thing that was said this morning on the talk show was, “We are the United States, why can’t be be United?” Might not be the exact words, but that was the implication I took out of the statement.

Our country is in a very sensitive time. Hatred seems to be at the fore for a lot of people and that’s sad. We are all human. We are all flesh and bones and we all have blood running through our bodies. We are born either male or female, so why the hate?

I know hatred has been apart of society since the beginning of time. It’s the way it’s always been. What’s mind boggling to me now is the level of hate. The breakdown in humanity.

Why is it if I don’t agree with you, then I run the risk of being hated by you. Why can’t we simply agree to disagree?

I’ll be honest. I think this upcoming election is going to be a scary thing and it shouldn’t be. I’ll be the first to admit, I don’t know politics all that well. What I do know is how sad I feel seeing the levels of hate. Seeing someone who came close to be assassinated by someone he didn’t even know, blows my mind.

My dear readers, I’m not here to try and convince you to vote Trump or Biden, or anyone else for that matter. To vote is your right because of your freedom here in this country. What I am here to ask is, how do we change the hate into more tolerance for other people, no matter what their race, religion, background may be?

I’m not asking anyone to take sides or to like or dislike anyone. It’s okay if you don’t like me, don’t agree with me, even hate me, but taking those emotions, feelings to the level of crossing the line of humanity, when does it stop? When do we say it’s okay to disagree and leave it at that? I’m not trying to talk politics here or any other kind of major issue, I’m simply trying to talk kindness, maybe even patience towards one another.

While the talk show this morning touched on some interesting topics, it was hard to listen to one person say, “I have no issue, but others do, so we need to respect that.” To being met with a snarky attitude of you’re wrong.

Each person is entitled to their opinion on whatever the topic may be. I could be totally wrong, but it’s my opinion. You could be totally wrong, your opinion. That’s the beauty of being uniquely made.

You know, I’ve debated over the last couple of days about posting anything that has a political underlie. I’ve never wanted my blog to become a place of contention. I generally like to talk about the things in my life, things that have happened in my life, and I want my blog to be a place of acceptance, no matter what you believe. I want this to be a safe place where those struggling can come and perhaps get help or encouragement from others comments, but today, after listening to the talk show, I couldn’t hold back anymore.

The hosts of the show are all entitled to their opinions. I’m sure a lot of their banter is to make the show interesting and keep people listening, after all, when we are listening to something on the radio, it’s not uncommon for us to be engaged with the host by expressing ourselves, even though nobody can hear us.

It’s time for us to find a way to be unified, even when we don’t agree with one another. It’s time to come together despite the political divide in this country. It’s time to come together as human beings.

Differences of opinion will always exist and that’s okay, but in my opinion, it’s not okay to argue a point to the beat of, if you don’t agree with me, then you are stupid and you don’t matter.

Guys, I appreciate you taking time for my rant today. I hope you have a great rest of your day and don’t forget, until next time, Love Life++ Hugs.