Even If It Isn't Perfect ... Do Something

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I have been awake this morning ... well, actually all through this night ... I just finally got up, made coffee ... decided to write. Okay, I know that was a very long sentence ... but, it's ME. I write my own way ... and truly it is imperfect for sure. I don't mind. I hope you don't. I have been listening to the news as I'm always doing ... especially now. I'm hearing every American will get a stimulus check on April 6th and I think May 18th, even people on social security ... I think though I'm not sure at all about any of this ... children may, too. That's to help the economy and hopefully to help it fast. The sad thing is everyone is having to stay home, venture out only when necessary ... when they do ... the shelves are bare. Have you ever thought about it ... have money in hand and ... there's nothing to buy? I'm talking about necessary purchases such as food, other things we all need at home. I feel that shops, stores didn't manage well at all in restricting customers from going in unorganized, wild ... crazy ... to buy up everything so others couldn't have a chance to get just what they need. That is wrong and I stick by my feelings about it. I feel they could have managed better than that ... I wouldn't have allowed it if I owned a store. Now ... store shelves are empty of what people really need, want to buy for just their normal grocery lists. The greedy are sitting in their homes happy to have it all. Does that sound ugly? I'm the most positive person in the world but ... I still feel those feelings of anger, disgust the next person feels when people act in very ugly ways. I told you I'm not perfect. I try very hard to be good ... only one time in my life did I try to for-real be perfect ... I wasted several years of my life doing that. It was funny later ... but, while trying to be perfect every minute from waking up to going to bed each day ... oh my! I'll have to write about it sometime. It was quite an experience! I wanted everyone to love me, always respect me ... and think I was someone special. I was to a lot of people ... only there were jealous people I wasn't special to. No matter how nice I was to them ... well, you know how people are. Sometime, I'll write about it ... not now. It was beautiful-funny-sad ... yes, I wrote those words like that ... that's ME. Yes, Skip gets on me for how I put words together in a not so proper way. Who cares? I don't as long as they make sense. Anyway, when I write about it I will also, tell you why I tried to be perfect. For now, my mind is on the crisis at hand ... one that is affecting or most likely will affect each one of our lives. Do you ever find yourself worrying over people you don't know? Caring what happens to ... others? I have been listening to the doctors, nurses speaking to reporters ... they are scrambling to make their own masks to use when administering aid to their patients ... to protect themselves as well as the patient. This is happening in our country, the USA. There is a shortage of medical equipment, supplies. People are coming together to improvise things to at least help as much as possible. Medical staff are working to make ... their own masks, how about that? Oh my, I respect and admire these people. That's the spirit I admire in the human spirit. It is like my human spirit. Get up and try to do something, anything to help yourself, others. Even if it isn't perfect ... do something. I don't admire, respect people who are able-bodied ... that sit back, whine, cry 'woe is me' ... when their bodies, minds are capable of ... helping themselves. Believe it or not ... there are people who will sit, lay back ... waiting for someone to wait on them, do the simplest things for them ... and they do it themselves if they ... have to ... but, let someone be around ... they'll ask them to. What in the world is this type of person going to do in such a crisis? It's sad to say ... I have known ... actually witnessed people like this play sick, play weak, let others who are genuinely not well ... take care of their lazy a___. I bet you know a few, right? I believe in caring for others to get well enough to care for themselves. Of course, there are many who can never do that ... I don't mean them. For example, since 2016 ... there have been times Skip has been gravely ill to the point of dying. He needed my care, I watched over him, cared for him many times ... learned how to do the things I needed to ... to care for him when he would come home from the hospital. He and our Pups2 are my world ... I have to care, protect them. Each time Skip was very sick ... I cared for him at home after leaving the hospital. For days ... sometimes weeks ... sometimes months ... I cared for him meaning to help him get back to being himself, being strong again. I love him with my very Heart. I wanted Skip to live, be back to himself again. He depended on me ... there always came the time when one knows it's time to let a person begin to depend on themselves again. I would gradually help him to do that until he was back doing things again. There would be times we couldn't afford this, afford that like a lot of people could through insurance and such ... to help him get better. I would improvise any way I saw I needed to ... I did good. Today ... Skip still gets sick at times ... and I do it all over again. He's still here. This is why ... I pay so much attention to the news ... I want Skip to stay well, stable. I do NOT want him going to a hospital at this time, not with what's going on. The last time he was in the hospital was several weeks ago when he had the light stroke ... and what we thought was the flu. Anyway, watching the medical people sitting at a table improvising their own masks so, they can continue giving the best care they can to their patients ... impressed me deeply. Another thing that impressed me just as much ... a distillery company saw the need for hand-sanitizer ... guess what the owner did? He could make plenty of alcohol ... so, he is now manufacturing hand-sanitizer, giving it to hospitals and such ... free. He is doing something and I admire, respect him for it. Oh ... one more beautiful thing ... this investment company who has several stores told the owners of them ... not to worry about rent for now ... just make sure the rent money goes to each of their employees so, they can work, have an income. Is that not special? Fighting spirit ... something I'm familiar with ... something I have a lot of ... my legacy from my Grandma Alma ( a paralyzed woman who was the strongest woman I've ever known). I admire the wonderful fighting spirit we all show when times get bad ... even when times are good. Do you know why? One way or other, even if it isn't perfect ... we do something!