This week has been one for the books. Or maybe I'd like to forget it altogether.
I caught the flu on Sunday, after having spent a busy weekend with friends and family. I suppose it was inevitable. It's clear that my immune system is working overtime right now...no extra soldiers to fight off seasonal sicknesses. Medicines, cough syrups, natural concoctions, essential oils, magic potions...nothing seemed to make it better. But flu body aches on top of broken bone body aches; coughing with a broken sternum and broken neck--waxing dramatic, I wanted to die.
Tuesday was election day. Ugh. I'm not much for politics, but I am one for human kindness. The effects of this election were a bit disheartening. Not because of who was elected, but because of how people reacted. I agree with Mike Rowe when he said, "Despising our candidates publicly is very different than despising the people who vote for them." All I can do is have hope that things will change for the better.
So with the unpleasantness of the flu and election aftershocks, I came into the end of the week.
Thursday was my birthday. Another year older. Life just keeps moving forward. This birthday was different though. I have a resolve to live this year more than I ever have before, because, you know, I almost died and whatnot. So many talk of the country being doomed now with the outcome of this election. So much nastiness on social media. I am all for standing up for what you believe in, but not at the expense of hurting others. So all I can do is make sure I am doing my best.
This year, I'll believe what I believe and let you believe what you believe, and will still like you, okay? Life is too short to not live well and full--experiencing the world and all it has to offer, and accepting human kind by being kind.
And I'll leave you with that. Sunday musings of Becki.
This is a two song kind of week. So here you go:
Cough Syrup by Young the Giant
Changes by Langhorne Slim & The Law
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