At present I don’t have a watch . I can’t recall the last time I turned on my phone, or even where the hell it is. A moot point if ever there was one as its charger was left behind in another country and there are far better things to do with the money than to replace it .
Like most people where I am I’ve developed a morning routine and mine is to sit outside as the sun just shows , sipping strong black coffee while surrounded by aromatic flowering trees full of colorful vociferous birds . This mornings ritual was particularly pleasant as it suddenly occurred to me that I didn’t have a clue as to what day it was . More pleasing still was the realization that the effort to garner that information would bring no gain of any importance.
Should you look up the two similar words submerse and submerge you’ll find that experts on the English language place their meanings very closely. Both are verbs, yet one can also be used as an adjective and I have chosen it as a descriptive of what has apparently happened to me . I have submerged below the surface hopefully like a submarine , and not sunk like rock.
It’s been weeks since I suffered my last viewing of a news broadcast , or heard a single political comment of any kind from anyone and I can’t describe the wonder of it . I have exchanged all that for something beautiful , I’ve swapped it for laughing joking people socializing at the corner stores and parks who have a grasp on what is important .
I’ve come to conclude I needed this far more than I realized and so do you . So my advice to all those back in The States ….. turn off your daytime television for a week and walk outside and see the sun . And take note of the difference in your conversations …..
