Been thinking….even though I have a lot to be thankful and grateful for, even though for the most part people think I’m this happy go lucky, funny guy, people don’t know what’s really going on. People only see the outside. What I want them to see.

The song “Outshined” from Soundgarden has a line that says: “lookin’ California, but feelin’ Minnesota”. Now, I’m not sure on the intent or meaning of the line, but I think that would describe me pretty well sometimes. I’m sure it describes some of you as well. On the outside looking like a million bucks, but on the inside, whatever the situation may be, is the real.

“Each one of us has lived through some devastation, some loneliness, some weather superstorm or spiritual superstorm, when we look at each other we must say, I understand. I understand how you feel because I have been there myself. We must support each other and empathize with each other because each of us is more alike than we are unalike.”
— Maya Angelou

Consideration. Walking a mile in someone else’s shoes. Kindness. Treating others the way you want to be treated. Like attracts like, does it not? Lifting yourself and others to be in a good way, to be better. Life is sometimes good, sometimes not so good. We need to strive to stay in the former, not the latter. At least I try. We all should.