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A Surprising Coffee

I have recently realized that I view the word in a very strange way. I am currently sitting in the Starbuck near my work and I'm listening. Now typically I would prefer to open my mind and ears outside, but todays weather hasn't made listening to nature its normal enjoyable experience. So instead of listening to birds or wind I'm listening to people. Now I wasn't trying to eavesdrop but two guys a couple tables over from me are talking at a volume a little too loud for the location. At first the only thing that I thought was, "wow, this guy really likes to curse." In fact he was cursing so frequently that I found myself listening closer to the conversation. I had to laugh when I realized what they were talking about. They were in a business meeting, talking about prices and websites and closing deals and all sorts things. Now I was simply intrigued, " Was this man talking with such language to a client?" Now don't get me wrong I'm not saint now will I pretend to be, most days I have the mouth of a sailor but never in a work related situation. The more I listened the more amazed I became. This man was talking about humans and the American population as if we were animals, talking about the best ways to trick us into buying this or that. Thats when it hit me, corporate America has found the one tool to do whatever they feel like doing. They have learned to dehumanize their consumers in order to feel better about how they wrongly take from us. My new daily challenge is to listen in more. You may be surprised by what you hear. As always this is a challenge for both you and me. I am just curious to hear what is really going on in the world. Maybe it will make life a little more amusing. This time I would love to hear what you have heard throughout your day/week. Message me with your amusing/shocking finds and I'm going to piece them together for my friday post.

#America #Work #corporate #shock #love #peace #hippie

You're All Wrong

I have come to a sad but true realization. I will never do anything right. You will never do anything right. No one will ever do anything right. You may be turning your head to the side and saying, "What is this lady smoking?". Let me further explain though. I can never say the right things to my boyfriend, my mother always thinks Im doing the wrong things, my teachers always think I'm living the wrong way and to top it all of I never think that I look the right way. So at any one point in time I am doing something wrong, even if I think Im doing something right. I have realized that everyone is like that though aren't they. There will always be someone to tell them that they are doing something the wrong way. A teacher, a boss, a lover, a husband, a wife, a boy or girlfriend, a mom or dad, a brother or sister, a friend, an enemy, a stranger even. Someone will always be there to point out the wrong that we are doing. So I say here is a New Years eye opener for the world. Lets all make the resolution to tell at least one person a day what they are doing right. Lets give people back the confidence that the world has taken away.