“May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.”


"This report is maybe 12-years-old. Parliament buried it, and it stayed buried till River dug it up. This is what they feared she knew. And they were right to fear because there's a whole universe of folk who are gonna know it, too. They're gonna see it. Somebody has to speak for these people. You all got on this boat for different reasons, but you all come to the same place. So now I'm asking more of you than I have before. Maybe all. Sure as I know anything I know this, they will try again. Maybe on another world, maybe on this very ground swept clean. A year from now, 10, they'll swing back to the belief that they can make people . . . better. And I do not hold to that. So no more running. I aim to misbehave." ~ Captain Malcom Reynolds

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Gratitude and Perspectives

Sometimes people suck. They annoy you. Do something irritating, or worse antagonistic. We're all quick vent about it, often for days. Sometimes - more often than the first, actually - they are decent, and generous, and downright amazing, even when they don't have to be. For example, a customer service call I just had where someone went over and above on not just the initial issue (which was not their fault at all, but a procedural double-check), but another thing where he went over and above, even without having to. Celebrate and talk about the people and places who stand out, more than the ones that bother you. If we all worked on that - myself, most of all - maybe it would help our perspectives.