Drones
and Zombies
“Often
the right path is the one that is hardest for you to follow. But the
hard path is also the one that will make you grow as a human being.”
Karen
Mueller Combs
Don't
you just want to slam the computer down when you read that quote!
Dog-gone-it, you say, why can't things be easy for once? Why can't I
just slide into the day, and have everything that comes my way be
easy and certain, with no glitches and no drama? And I say to you,
'Not going to happen.'
As
life becomes more complex, with more and more people on the planet, our days will no doubt be ever more complicated
and dramatic. Because, let's face it, most of our challenges come
from other people—other human beings who expect something from us,
who have dreams and desires and goals of their own. They compete with
us for the resources, the goods and services, and the roads. (As we
say around here, 'It ain't right, brother!')
Speaking of drama, my adult children were here over the weekend. We always have long “ain't
it awful” conversations that leave me gasping with the realities of
life. My Atlanta half told about all the cameras installed at
intersections in the city; seven or eight at every intersection. They
monitor for anything unusual, as well as who is running red
lights and stop signs. Then the 'overlords' issue tickets accordingly
and have raised ga-zillions of dollars in fines. They say it's
impossible to go anywhere without 'big brother' watching you. We
discussed what will happen when Police Departments get unmanned
drones that can monitor our goings-on twenty-four-seven. (Hopefully, they'll alert us when the zombie apocalypse begins!)
I
guess life would be pretty boring without human drama. I do, however,
see happy people who don't appear to have any drama in their
lives—they travel to Bora-Bora on vacations, and dine out with the
beautiful people. I'll bet they don't worry about unmanned drones and
big brother. In fact, they look like they don't worry about
anything—they have unlined faces and white teeth and no evidence of
trauma or fear. But I'll bet they are s-h-a-l-l-o-w. Those of us who
have hardship to hone our sensitivities are deep and mature and we
have the truth right smack in the palm of our hand. Right? Right?
Oh,
well, I hope your day is easy. If you see any drones, I recommend
that you duck and run. The zombies won't be far behind.
In
the spirit,
Jane
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