Something Different: Entry 2

over 1 year ago

Hello Everyone!

The almighty text editor, Being stuck in neutral, Some musings regarding humans & Hive marches on!

I have no idea how often I have found myself turning to a text editor over the last many years... but I am glad that I always seem to find one to spell out my ponderous thoughts in. Although my eyes are no longer good enough to peck out long entries on a tiny phone screen I feel confident that I would find a way if that is all that I had at my disposal.

The writing addiction has assuredly shifted to a much more structured practice than it once was when I was writing almost exclusively in longhand form. Given that it is still my worse vice (in my perspective) I guess that the shift in medium did not harm it along the way. If anything it helped me take it for granted less, share it more and be picky concerning what I write about when I do endeavor upon said vice.

Currently, my life is still in neutral (in regards to moving and all that jazz) and although I feel like I could fill many a text file with my observations, opinions, reflections, hopes, fears and desires... part of me is absolutely terrified of pulling the cork out of that proverbial bottle. As ominous as that may sound it is simply that it is not worth the effort.

It is not that it would not do me a whole lot of good in a 'getting it out of my system' kind of way but that I want that bottled up stuff to remain right where it is... under the scrutiny of my mind's eye. Because first and foremost... I really want to remember every detail of it all and let nothing go in an effort to perhaps finally learn my lesson.

Not to come off too harsh there but oh yeah I am well beyond being fed up with making the kinds of choices which have lead me again and again into the type of situation that I am in currently. Believe me when I say that working extremely hard for something just to get it jerked out from under me is less than enjoyable and oh yeah it is more than fair to say that: It has left one hell of a bad taste in my mouth!

During the course of my life I have definitely met an extremely wide variety of folks and while stereo-types are a myth... I have noticed some basic behavioral similarities that all boil down to what is often called: Being human. Which to me means everyone has strengths, weaknesses, quirks, peculiarities and so forth.

The significant part (for me personally) is how folks choose to express and accentuate the good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful that they may (or may not) see within themselves. Not to get lost on that topic but I have also noticed some folks are unaware of their 'good' or 'bad' behavior or even worse they confuse the two.

Which yeah gets into some even murkier territory to write about so suffice it to say that there is a damn good reason that every civilization has rules, laws, codes of conduct and all that jazz. Rules that seek to ensure some level of peace, security and good ole fashioned social cohesion. Generally speaking the preservation of life is at the forefront of such activities and everything that is harmful (behaviorally) is an aberration that makes the former ever-so-necessary.

To get back to what I was driving at there is that I have met many self-proclaimed 'good' people who were really bad and many 'bad' people that were really good and although of course some of that was absolutely situational it taught me an important lesson... always look deeper and always inspect the internal lens through which I am making such assessments with.

I do my best not to get too hung up on making such assessments but the necessity to do so goes hand in hand with the kind of lifestyle that I have lived, my position as a land steward on other folks land and most importantly... what I want to contribute my energy towards. If it all sounds convoluted... it damn sure is... hence all the intense scrutiny.

In other words folks are some complicated critters and while sure some confuse 'saying' they are a decent person with actually 'being' a decent person there are even more who can make neither distinction... and do not care enough to do so even if they could. Needless to say that last bit is the realm of those so deeply self-centered (or just ill, addled or addicted) that yeah it is up to everyone else to say: Hey that behavior is not okay! Failing that there is chaos. Period.

Alright, it is a bit later in the day now and all things considered I am glad that I began this new series of entries. I say that primarily because whoa it sure feels good to have an avenue of expression wherein I can express some of the stuff that has been rumbling around in my mind of late without it skewing my other entries out of focus.

In the not-so-grand scheme of things there is a tremendous amount of things that I would like to unburden myself of... and more than likely I will inevitably do just that but for now I am content with what rises to the surface on its own without me forcing it. Per usual that quip from one of my favorite authors comes to mind that: There will be water if God wills it.

On a different note. I was recently thinking about all the 'sorry about crypto' people (which as a side note tells me they are talking out their ass to start with but I digress) and well to keep it brief here... I just want to laugh in their face. After all HIVE is still sitting at three times the 'value' as it was when I first began this particular series and HBD is staying (more often than not) remarkably close to its peg. Not to mention that both of their use cases are going strong... development on many fronts continues... the amount of users continually grows... so I dunno what all the noise is about.

Considering that we are in the most economically volatile times that I can recall happening in my lifetime I would be foolish not to see just how well 'crypto' has stood up under immense pressure to do otherwise. I also noticed that there was a point when most western media outlets began releasing one 'hit piece' after another on the subject.

Seriously it was almost like there was/is a concerted effort to undermine the traction that it has gained. Needless to say that is mere speculation/observation on my part but I sincerely doubt that I am the only one that noticed its occurrence. In short I look at it like: Anything that seems bad for crypto always turns out to be good for Hive... so why stress about it!

Folks often whine and complain about how 'money is evil' and all that jazz but what I personally find frigging astounding is that given an alternative...they clutch tighter to their ideas and notions about money, its procurement, its distribution and its alleged value... which yeah is absolutely 'alleged' given how much of it is printed out of thin air as debt... that will be paid off by printing more money in the future... out of (you guessed it) more thin air.

You do the math there (or not) but something seems pretty damned hokey about the entire way the fiat system is operated and I hate to break it to folks but at one point fiat replaced gold, gems and other precious metals much like crypto is now replacing fiat and whoa did folks raise hell about it along the way. Sure in the end it may well not be what we think of as 'cryptocurrency' today but eventually fiat will (in my perspective) become an antiquated relic of the past.

Alright it is getting on in the evening here and I best wrap this entry up and begin the editing process if I am going to get it shared tonight. I hope that everyone is doing well and has a nice day/night.