Tubbin Time

I dream that someday all people will be known as equal, regardless of every natural born circumstance geographically, physically, financially. 

   Once, as a child of maybe three or four, I was panning for gold in the sandbox with another girl. She kept reaching over to "my side" of the sandbox, because convincingly I explained to her that, "there is much more gold on my side than yours". Brat move, I admit... I drew a line in the sand and told her to pan on her side. Of course, since she believed all the gold was on my side, she was quite angry with me. I think any natural person would be. She retaliated with this, "I'm having the Howarth Park Ponies to my house for MY birthday and you're NOT INVITED!". Without a moment of thought, I reacted by grasping a handful of sand and running it in her face. She screamed and cried and told on me, but somehow I ended up at her birthday party, riding ponies.. I recall sternly warning my father who brought me and stayed with me, "Don't touch anything, her whole house is covered in snail slime." 

   If we continue to sing songs about the United States of America being the greatest country in the world, the land of opportunity and freedom, and then add, "but you're not invited", I can see how that might breed a deep resentment. 

   When you shame a bully, you create a villain. 

    Forgiveness, not revenge under the guise of "Justice", will be the path to peace and liberty for ALL. It's the more difficult path emotionally, and if I had just let her pan for gold on "my side" of the sandbox, we could have avoided the scandal of preschool fame. Friendships, and communities are worth more than gold. We don't have to pay to take care of ourselves, we can just all share our talents and support each other. 

   I've known a lot of very sad and extremely wealthy and politically powerful men. Money bought them trust issues and an inner sense of worthlessness, apparent by the many expensive items acquired to bolster their externally perceived self.

   The most attractive of people, to me, are the kind and curious ones who inspire me to love uncircumstantially.

  I'm stuck in a bath tub with no towel in this whole house and no cell service to alert my guy 😑 

    I dream that someday all people will be known as equal, regardless of every natural born circumstance geographically, physically, financially.
  Once, as a child of maybe three or four, I was panning for gold in the sandbox with another girl. She kept reaching over to "my side" of the sandbox, because convincingly I explained to her that, "there is much more gold on my side than yours". Brat move, I admit... I drew a line in the sand and told her to pan on her side. Of course, since she believed all the gold was on my side, she was quite angry with me. I think any natural person would be. She retaliated with this, "I'm having the Howarth Park Ponies to my house for MY birthday and you're NOT INVITED!". Without a moment of thought, I reacted by grasping a handful of sand and running it in her face. She screamed and cried and told on me, but somehow I ended up at her birthday party, riding ponies.. I recall sternly warning my father who brought me and stayed with me, "Don't touch anything, her whole house is covered in snail slime."

  If we continue to sing songs about the United States of America being the greatest country in the world, the land of opportunity and freedom, and then add, "but you're not invited", I can see how that might breed a deep resentment.
  When you shame a bully, you create a villain.
   Forgiveness, not revenge under the guise of "Justice", will be the path to peace and liberty for ALL. It's the more difficult path emotionally, and if I had just let her pan for gold on "my side" of the sandbox, we could have avoided the scandal of preschool fame. Friendships, and communities are worth more than gold. We don't have to pay to take care of ourselves, we can just all share our talents and support each other.
  I've known a lot of very sad and extremely wealthy and politically powerful men. Money bought them trust issues and an inner sense of worthlessness, apparent by the many expensive items acquired to bolster their externally perceived self.
  The most attractive of people, to me, are the kind and curious ones who inspire me to love uncircumstantially.
 I'm stuck in a bath tub with no towel in this whole house and no cell service to alert my guy 😑