The Spectrum

R U artistic, or autistic?

How much so?

Both?

“When you label the individual, you negate them”

Is it a behavior or a characteristic? How can you tell?

I won’t pay someone to ask me questions, who has the rude intention of discovering what mean name they were taught to call me.

The word “trigger” reminds me of traps and guns. I learned about that in the Boy Scout manual as a kid. Why is it that people I pay to help me make healthier choices in my life, weren’t taught about that? Paying to teach people how to help me is irritating.

Synonymously, but healthier to me is activate, reinvigorate, remind, inspire, manifest, water a root, transplant into a bigger pot, or reinspection. The options are endless. How about reflect?

Over use of “Trauma” bugs me too. Since when did something that meant serious bodily injury, apply to a minor scrape? Copious synonyms are available for clarity of vision and understanding.

The idea that struggle and finding ways to transcend challenges gives life meaning, has copious supporting evidence. Intentional incremental exposure to the things we fear, can lead to less of it. Does a meal that was easiest to prepare, taste as good as one that started with planting the garden; that allowed it to be made?

I am the luckiest human in history, and so are you. The ability to flick a light switch for the lightning that fed this international phone, a fire in the hearth, or a hot bath in the tub. Calling the pizza delivery service from bed while eating ice cream, is the most dangerous “switch” around.

There’s a loneliness epidemic, and it’s been diagnosed as a worse habit than smoking a half a pack of cigarettes a day. That’s right, sorry not sorry, your loneliness is a habit. Do you really think that another lonely person, wouldn’t be happy to help you fix that feeling? I bet if you unplugged…. your clothes dryer, and started hanging your laundry out to dry, someone would stop and say hi.

My advice to myself is make my life harder. Challenging enough that I have to ask for help. People like you more when they help you, especially if they offer it first, I do believe that. My goal is to practice saying, “I’m challenging myself to take on big tasks in my life these days, that require me to ask for help, so I can spend time with people I like; so that’s why I’m calling you.” Or maybe load a piano on a trailer and drive around with a sign that says, “free piano, will deliver, call to help”?

Solitude is great. I love books. The internet is amazing. My dream board has a card on it that says, “Less Internet More Love”. Dawn is cresting, and the neighbors are curious to see what wild thing I do with the front yard next….so I bid you a fine farewell, and hope you have a smashing day.