I Can't Think of a Title for This Post

It's the end of 2021 and the usual thing to do is to write some sort of summary of the year that is set to come to a close. I don't really want to do that, but I'm feeling called to write something at the moment.

There is a lot going on in my head right now, and I'm not entirely sure how to process it all. That's not entirely true. I feel a poem churning in my soul. Here it is:

How many decisions do we make in a year?

Hundreds of thousands? Millions? More?

So many on autopilot - with little thought behind them.

Many made to temporarily fill a void, ease a discomfort - 

        so many miss the root.

Love 

or (more likely)

a fear of love

or 

a lack of love 

at the root of what ails me. Probably us.

Set an intention to let love drive more decisions.

What's the Point?

 I'm pretty sure that I'm going to come across as a bitter old person here and frankly I'm okay with that.

I admit that I have spent too much time this holiday break scrolling. Occasionally, I've checked out some of the short videos on FB and IG. After doing so for the last week, I have but one question:

 

What's the point?

 

I generally enjoy watching videos of huskies "talking." I miss having a dog, so those videos probably fill a small void in my life. I ran into a video the other day that put a stop to this new habit of mine.

The video involved a husky laying next to a crying baby. It looked like the husky nuzzled the baby a couple of times. I tuned up the volume and discovered the voice of an adult, likely a man, who was hushing the baby and whispering, "Stop crying."

What was the point?

Put down your phone and go comfort the child. You can even snuggle in with the dog at the same time. Are comments like "awww, look at the good boi trying to soothe the baby" that much more important than signaling that you will be a source of comfort for this child? What are we thinking?

It got me thinking and I'm closely monitoring my social media "usage" today. Let's face it, social media usage is mostly just passive scrolling. That's not healthy. Not for me and probably not for any of us.

Rant over - thanks