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I'm resisting an urge to write about corruption . . . the lyrics to Simon & Garfunkel's Sound of Silence have been running through my mind today ("Fools said I/You do not know/Silence like a cancer grows...). Silence ain't the only thing that does that. Corruption comes to mind . . . you know, the kind for which Bernie Madoff has become the new poster boy. Bernie, so often hailed as a financial genuis, may not be Australian, but he's definitely an illywhacker just the same. Yup . . . if you're looking for someone to honeyfuggle you, Bernie's your guy! Or at least he was until last Thursday when the feds picked him up for perpetrating a $50 billion Ponzi scam. (Umm.... in case you couldn't tell, I got a new book of weird and wonderful words as a Christmas gift and by George, I'm putting it to good use! Illywhacker and honeyfuggle are great words, aren't they?! Thanks, Ronda!)
Anyway, I'm a paragraph in to this post and STILL resisting the urge to write about corruption and how it seems to be moving through our society faster than the most virulent cancer. Resisting because, well, what would be the point really? If you want to read about how much everything sucks, you can go almost anywhere else for that. Or just turn on the television. It's really easy to talk about how terrible everything is and how humanity is going to hell in a Donna Karan handbasket. Or maybe Dior? Hmmm ... I'll have to ask Fifi what kind of handbasket one would take to go to hell. She'd know. She knows the right accessories for every occasion! Though, of course, in this case we are IN the handbasket rather than just carrying it, so that might change things. Also, it would have to be a pretty big bag to hold us all. More like luggage, really . . . so maybe American Tourister could design something that would work. Actually, that sounds about right. American Tourister might just be the way to go.
But luckily, I'm not writing about going to hell in a handbasket. I'm not writing about corruption. I'm writing about the Good Stuff. And even with things the way they are, there's lots of Good Stuff. I know this in my heart of hearts. But the truth is, I'm feeling about a quart low today, so how about if you -- my loyal, if mostly-lurking readers (you know who you are!) -- post some Good Stuff for me to consider?! I'd love to have the reminders!
7 comments:
Good Stuff, you say? Hmmm...you mean things like your awesome friends? The little ones you will be visiting at Christmas? The big snowflakes that will fall tomorrow morning? The yummy food we ate last night? The strength of your character? The hope that we have at the coming of a new year? And I'm just getting started. What good things???
Like Molly Bloom I say YesyesYES! Awesome friends, little ones, snowflakes and yummy food all are good things! Excellent start!!! Thanks!
If it weren't for corruption, think of all of the good episodes of Law and Order we would have missed. Tell me they are not writing a "ripped from the headlines" script right now.
Seriously, I've come up with a hundred different things to say about the good stuff but none better than Ronda's. The good stuff really is in the little things and the people with whom we share them.
Often the good stuff finds you - a stranger offers you a kindness, you find $1 (or more) in your jeans pocket, you share a laugh with a friend, you enjoy a good book and a glass of wine, you take time to listen to the rain or watch the snow fall - but at times like now, when you feel that you have to seek the good stuff, the key is in believing: it is all good.
Enjoy the love and laughter of friends and family and hold that moment as your evidence that "you have candy."
candy?? did someone say candy??
Good thing....BethAnne thinks she figured out how to at least leave a comment, if not become a follower. I think I do, but we will see!
More good things...grassroots organizations, a good read, superlative wine, a flash of a smile from a sweet stranger, hummus, and Colin Farrell in a bubble bath...hmmmm, yes, especially that last one.
Sending Matta love your way!!!
I relate. There are both good and bad elements in life and around this time of the year I pray my family,who live far from me keep their health and happiness.
Merry Christmas to you.
Brad
Good Stuff...A Warm Puppy??
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