Well…I have been thinking about this one for a while and thought I’d put it down on paper so to speak. I guess it’s just a general comment on things I see every day…the over-reaction to almost everything. Have we lost all of our internal controls? When I see the daily stories of road rage, when I read the rantings that come with the comments of any political article online, and when I see peoples’ courtesy toward others opinions vanish like smoke, I have to wonder. I don’t know how we got here but it’s not a place I want to be…and the sad fact is that we can choose to not react this way….but we don’t.

Look….I used to be that guy…the one that would cut people off in traffic and flare like the sun when someone did that to me, the one that would treat someone with utter contempt if they had different political views; but it was rotting me from the inside out and just so damn much work to be pissed off constantly. I’m sure some of my friends think that I’ve gone overboard on the “navel gazing”, the necessary introspection that comes with wanting to be a better person, and, they could be right…but, I like myself a lot more now. Okay, I know you’re going to say “who cares” or “what’s your point”…and those are fair questions…all I’m trying to say it that the coarseness the permeates our society can be changed if we all just think…”we can choose”….it’s tough, sure, I still struggle with this crap everyday but, shouldn’t we at least try? Okay…enough soap box for the day….I promise there will be some politics later….crap, is this just more “navel gazing”? Oh, well….