I woke up this morning to about seven videos from lovely (they are, that's not sarcasm) people who think I want to watch two-hour long spiritual, woo-woo, fantasy bat sh1t conspiracies and channelings.
I do not.
No thank you.
There are only two people who get to send me that stuff, and I will not name them.
They, however, know me so well that they will often accompany their bat sh1t conspiracy spiritual theatre with bullet point lists so I don't actually have to watch the crap.
They know I probably won't. But they do want my opinion. Nine times out of ten I will say, "That is bat sh1t conspiracy cabal disinformation. Go feed some pigeons, it's better for your brain and spirit."
I have another friend, who does not send me spiritual bat sh1t conspiracy crap, but she does send me "How I made my small 450 sq foot apt. in New York a virtual paradise"... it was 24 minutes long. That's precious time.
I devoured the whole thing. For so many reasons that it doesn't matter.
Nearly everything this amazing hooman sends me is varied from "Georgian Dancers doing superhuman athletics" to "how I grew an orchid from a banana peel".
She does not send me "how to play an accordion while channeling Zeus" (although now that I've written that, I might actually watch something that unique) ... the point is simple:
She loves me. I love her. We don't abuse our time.
This is a screed on friendship. And being conscious. Don't send two-hour long batsh1t conspiracy hooplah videos to friends without a bullet point list of the content, what your questions are, and why you felt it important in the first place.
Especially, do not send such things, and end your message with "I didn't actually WATCH it, but I thought you'd be interested."
Yes, the sky is falling. Angels are real and so is magic. Someday soon we will hang out with aliens like it's no big thing and there is probably a cure for all diseases except mental illness and a lack of gratitude.
The secret is that there is no secret. Civilizations rise and fall and there was a nuclear war on Mars.
None of that matters. None of it.
Go hug your family. Adopt a kitten. Volunteer at a shelter. Recycle. Read a book. Marvel at how others manage to survive in a huge city with millions of people and still manage to be happy.
/end rant.
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