No.

Yep. That is my new word. No. I am going to use it for everything. Will saying that at work get me in trouble...absolutely. Do I care? No. Tonight while wandering the aisles of Target I ran into an old friend. It was a good chat because in someways she helped me to figure out in what moment of time I became more cantankerous than normal. The funny thing is she doesn't even know I had that ah ha moment. There is a normal level of me but that person has long been benched. There are moments in our yearly lives in which no matter what you say, someone will take something personally and that we all get caught up in our own beliefs to think that anything else is possible. You know that whole finger pointing blame game. Lovely.

Experiencing things first hand is far better than taking someones word. In my wanderings, many things have brought up this deep sense of bewilderment and irritation. I mean, are we really seeing the few manage the many? Yep. They do a wonderful job of manipulating and censoring to achieve societies of what they want. Do I think we are all going to stand up and say No? Sorry... No. That would mean we would actually care about the greater good other than ourselves. So not all that likely. While natural disasters brings out the momentary spark, it is quickly extinguished. There are bumper stickers galore about "No this" and "Free that" and "Stop this" and "Save that" but do they have first hand knowledge? Have they been to those cultures that have been repressed for this political or religious reason or that? I wonder. I could write a list but some random human being could misconstrue it to be something else and yeah...no.

I am happy that I was able to check one of my Life's Bucket List items off and find that while I am bewildered and irritated I can change and take the normal me off the bench. When will that occur? I can't really say. One person can change the world for the better. The only problem is everyone else. There will be the right time...only when is the question.