We are living in amazing times, as anyone who bothers to pay attention can see.
I had a discussion with a total stranger in my local grocery store the other night. She asked me about my opinions on a honey product that was being sold, and the anti-bacterial rating of raw, pesticide-free honey and similar concepts. I told her what I could on the subject matter, having a huge love for nature, the planet, life, people, animals, and the vital importance of bees and what they do to keep our food supply viable.
I then went to my nearby YMCA, where I belong, to use their sauna as part of an on-going detoxification plan I’m on.
A troupe of young high school boys came in, on the local lacrosse team, and asked me about the book I was reading called “Suicide by Sugar” (or similar, I can’t recall the exact title). We talked about high fructose corn syrup and the over abundance of sugar in the western diet. They asked me about drinking diet colas, and you of course know what my answer to that was. 😉
Then a couple elderly gentlemen came in, one struggling with his strides, likely dealing with arthritis.
Then a couple young ladies came in, also teenagers, and struck up conversation with one of the young boys whom they all seemed to know.
This Y is very popular, with a large attendance. It is a beautiful new structure, and is always busy. Lots of families, which is what makes it so endearing to me, since I’ve never built a family of my own. I enjoy being around the wide spectrum of age-range, talking to teenagers on occasion, as well as 80+ year-olds on other occasions.
Everyone, for the most part, seems to have a good heart.
Being a very social person when I take the time to be, I frequently get to know new people, pretty much on an near-daily basis. I am so busy with work that I sometimes withdraw socially, simply because although I love people tremendously, it is sometimes hard for me to allot the time to take, to engage new people, since one never knows how talkative the other person may be, and I simply have obligations that I must tend to that keeps my schedule and my life a bit overwhelmed.
What I find, for the most part, is that people live in their own little worlds.
They know what they know, are often open to new ideas but not *quite* enough to help create faster positive change, and are often content enough with the course of their lives that with all of what the world presents us with…the struggle for money, the need to be validated and cared about, the desire to just be happy…
They do the best that they can.