Simply stated, the answer is No! Although a part of me can sympathize with the reader's frustration because there is no coherent thread to bind the Blog together and it appears to be exactly what it is - the written meanderings of the views of my world. And quite frankly, I did not think there needed to be a point. I can waffle on to my hearts content about any topic, taboo or otherwise, and if you happen across the blog and find a frisson of humor, delight, empathy or identify with my sentiments in any way, I am happy for you. If not, delete the URL and get on with your own life.
My world has been bordering on chaos and anarchy for the past few weeks and as per usual, the hits are not being spread over a period of time. No, they seem to be piling one of top of each other with absolute abandon, giving my guardian angel a migraine in the process. Hormones went on a DEFCON 2 rampage against an infection; communication lines were affirmatively shopped and when nearest and dearest opened mouth to change feet, the wheels literally fell off. A visit to the doctors resulted in a barrage of literally bumper to bumper tests of bodily fluids, scans, prods and pokes to identify the cause of a mysterious malaise which would case tiredness. Of course, my girth is blamed for everything, so the dread diseases were hunted for with great enthusiasm .... heart attack, diabetes, cancer, stroke, blood disorders, etc. All fair and well for doctors to be so thorough but the chaos that ensues in my head while an imagination goes rampant is anything but fun! After 4 highly stressful days, I am very happy to learn that I failed every single test!
All this contributes to the cacophony of noise going on in my head, but is by no means the least of it. There are debates and thoughts and plans going on in my world (head) that are both profound and inane but demand attention or resolution or action of some kind.......
- A wonderfully talented human who is a member of one of the organisations I belong to is suffering from Stage 4 Cancer and is one step away from morphine induced oblivion. The thought of no more spectacular pieces of artistic genius being produced is an absolute crime in my world and I wish I could capture all that talent and save it for generations to come.
- The British are having a major debate about whether medically assisted suicide could become legal and I want to hit them over the head with a blunt instrument and scream at them in fury!! What is there to debate, have a person suffer untold agony and prolong their life just because it fits with your preconceived ideas??
- We treat animals with more humanity - a little pinch and they drift off to sleep while their beloved human holds them. Why can we not offer the same dignity and respect to humans?
- Most animal lovers became totally enraged at the sight of someone abusing an animal and quite happily go to war to protect those same animals. Yet at the same time, they will rescue abandoned, old, infirm and hurt animals, nurse them back to health and then emotionally blackmail anyone who will listen to adopt the same old animal because of their "right to life" belief. Although they do provide a great service and I support them whenever I can - the simple truth is that they should not do the job unless they can make the hard decisions.
- Another organisation of which I am a member, requires volunteers to be trained in First Aid and I enthusiastically raise my hand because I am big, and strong and tough and I eat jungle oats for breakfast and its a good thing to do - right?? ummm not so much if you read the fine print: The two main requirements for First Aiders are that you must not get too emotionally involved with your patients and you need to handle blood. Bloody hell - do these people know me???
- I wish I was a cordon bleu chef and could create amazing dishes at a drop of a hat instead of having to scroll through endlessly boring recipes to find something interesting to make for dinner..... again!
If you were to look at me while I was busy cutting tiles for a mosaic, you would not know that there is all this stuff going on in my head at the same time. Trust me, it gets a little hectic and I do apologise if it escapes and gets a little loud!
It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm really quite busy.
