2021.01.19 07:00 - Pay Compassion forward

The Guardian for this meeting was Riddle Sideways. The comments are by Riddle Sideways.

Riddle Sideways: Good Morning Adams
Adams Rubble: Good morning Riddle :)
Adams Rubble: everything is blue again in my viewer
Riddle Sideways: how is today going so far?
Adams Rubble: otherwise today OK. One more day
Riddle Sideways: having the Blues is ok
Riddle Sideways: unless the olde BSOD
Riddle Sideways: from Windows history

Adams Rubble: only 26 more hours to an inauguration
Riddle Sideways: the weather here has been warm and dry
Riddle Sideways: as opposed to your weather
Riddle Sideways: But, who is counting ㋡
Adams Rubble: we have been mostly dry the past week or so except for one event but it has been slowly getting colder

Adams Rubble: so Trump will be going away around 5 am your time tomorrow
Riddle Sideways: not sure if will get up to witness that ㋡
Adams Rubble: hehe
Riddle Sideways: the News shows will re-re-re-broadcast the exit
Adams Rubble will try not to watch
Adams Rubble: will be watching the innauguration

Riddle Sideways: the taking his Teddy bear out to the heliocopter
Riddle Sideways: hope he does not steal the real Teddy R teddy bear
Riddle Sideways: the staff needs to count the spoons
Adams Rubble: the staff watches over the stuff
Adams Rubble: they know where to find him if necessary :)
Riddle Sideways: a year from now there will be White House swag for high prices on eBay
Adams Rubble giggles
Adams Rubble: Be Best

Riddle Sideways: saw a pic of a lady with the broken Nancy Puloshi Capitol nameplate from her door
Riddle Sideways: now that is a treasure
Riddle Sideways: will get her several visitors
Adams Rubble: :)

Adams Rubble: wow 1/4 gone already
Riddle Sideways: that Time Flying phenomonlogy thang
Riddle Sideways: was late rebooting the modem again

Adams Rubble: I have done quite a bit of blogging this week
Adams Rubble: after almost none the previous week
Riddle Sideways: comes and goes in waves
   --BELL--
Riddle Sideways: is that any source of anxiosity
Adams Rubble: no. I don't know why I said that
Adams Rubble: except not sure what to suggest as a topic
Riddle Sideways: Compassion ?
Adams Rubble listens
Riddle Sideways: nothing new on that topic, except wrestling with having and giving compassion
Riddle Sideways: been listening to so many podcasts, zooms, etc. on many subjects that really are about having compassion

Adams Rubble: I am reading Obama's Dreams of My Father that goes into great detail about his community organizer days
Adams Rubble: lots about trying to find things to bring the community together
Riddle Sideways: not started the book, but the pillow speaker keeps giving sneak previews/spoilers during 3am
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: I have often thought the main political problem in this country is racism
Adams Rubble: it might be, but the Trump people also are being driven by the closing of all the manufacturing plants
Riddle Sideways: driven by many factors of cascading criticalness
Riddle Sideways: and complications
Riddle Sideways: "It's Complicated"
Riddle Sideways: oh wait, 'Dreams of My Father' is not the latest book
Adams Rubble: no, it was his first
Riddle Sideways: am hearing the latest now
Adams Rubble: the latest and Michelle's book give great insight into life in the white house
Riddle Sideways: have heard the when in Senate part twice
Riddle Sideways: part of the complication (might be) that it is not good to announce that you are a Racist SOB
Riddle Sideways: so, have to announce about jobs lose
   --BELL--
Adams Rubble: Obama writes much about the effect of closing of factories on the Black community
Adams Rubble: those communities felt it worse
Riddle Sideways: *losses
Adams Rubble: some of Trump followers think it is only hap[pening to them
Adams Rubble: of course they believe in patriarchy as well as white supremacy
Adams Rubble: need the lies to support their narrow views
Riddle Sideways: Well, 'Everybody' (just love that generalizational propagandic Everybody) 'Knows' that all Muslims needed to be banned from coming into OUR country (us)

Adams Rubble: Biden has a tough job before him
Riddle Sideways: yes! Biden needs to speak and DO so much to stop Party Lines
Riddle Sideways: oh dear, heard that part of the Obama latest book at 4am
Riddle Sideways: how he tried so hard
Riddle Sideways: gave a speach praising the Florida gov, a Rep., on his non-partisan efforts
Riddle Sideways: the Pres got blasted and that govenor got not reelected
Riddle Sideways: How to get everybody to work together?
Adams Rubble: Gov Christy got into big trouble for hugging Obama when he came to help NJ during Sandy
Riddle Sideways: How to get US to work for the Common good?
Riddle Sideways: Yes! thou shalt not praise thy enemy
Riddle Sideways: Y'all need to get in a line behind Ted d'Cruiser
Riddle Sideways: and go off the ledge
Riddle Sideways: ya lemmings
Riddle Sideways: (sorry)
Adams Rubble: one more day
Riddle Sideways: ㋡ ok yes
Adams Rubble: then we can sleep at night

Riddle Sideways: but but, am enjoying not sleeping and overhearing the book
Riddle Sideways: parts
Riddle Sideways: out of order
Adams Rubble: :)

Riddle Sideways: wait, wasn't Janurary first going to be the start of All Better
Riddle Sideways: heard that Biden and the team have narrowed down the 100+ things that Must be done immediately to 4 for day one
Adams Rubble: i always had Jan 20 circled
   --BELL--
Riddle Sideways: ok
Riddle Sideways: hmmm, new calendar on the wall has Nothing circled

Riddle Sideways: ok, back to Playing As Being
Adams Rubble: Today is pardon the deplorables day
Adams Rubble: whoops
Adams Rubble: OK, back to paB
Riddle Sideways: what if we are Being
Riddle Sideways: Being would be compassionate
Riddle Sideways: seeing any suffering
Adams Rubble: we have a very short life time and should not waste time being distracted
Adams Rubble: much sufferiung around us
Riddle Sideways: doing anything to eleiviate that suffering
Riddle Sideways: well, short of hugging. can't hug now
Riddle Sideways: sorry

Riddle Sideways: have written about 5-10 drafts of responses to somebody
Riddle Sideways: and only sent 1
Riddle Sideways: lack of enough compassion in each draft
Riddle Sideways: that 'write drunk edit sober' principle
Riddle Sideways: except this is non-drinking January
Riddle Sideways: so write at night and edit in morning (after coffee)
Riddle Sideways: mostly toss in waste bin
Riddle Sideways: Hey, sure miss writing on paper, wadding it up and shotting a basket at the trash can
Riddle Sideways: such a satisfying act
Adams Rubble: :)

Riddle Sideways: What would Being write in a compassionate email to the hurt people
Adams Rubble: I make notes for my blog and them throw them out. Trying to use up all the scrap paper around the house before i die :)
Riddle Sideways: ㋡ Great
Adams Rubble: Being IS the being hurt
Riddle Sideways: the way scrap paper multiples faster than used, you shall live a long time
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: Yes! Being Hurt
Riddle Sideways: Being is very sad
Riddle Sideways: the children hurt
Riddle Sideways: maybe give them Health or a Health plan to make them well?
Riddle Sideways: NO! they don't want that
Riddle Sideways: Well, they want their's
   --BELL--
Riddle Sideways: how to fix that?

Riddle Sideways: Mister Rogers was right
Riddle Sideways: start by being your best neighbor
Riddle Sideways: to each person
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: start simple
Adams Rubble: Mr Rogers the Bodhisattva
Riddle Sideways: smile and brighten up the face and day of the driver of the car that goes past the driveway
Riddle Sideways: yes
Riddle Sideways: that simple rule learned long ago in the grocery store.
Riddle Sideways: of the bad customer making the checker mad
Riddle Sideways: who passes it on to the next 2 customers
Riddle Sideways: or make the checker smile, laugh, feel good
Riddle Sideways: and maybe it gets passed on
Riddle Sideways: Pay Compassion forward
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: sorry, about using a common now phrase
Riddle Sideways: in this separation world now, all that can be done is stand at the end of the drive and wave to those passing by
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: that would be a great way to start
Riddle Sideways: and it gets those leaves raked up
Riddle Sideways: win-win
Adams Rubble: :)

Adams Rubble: we are not supposed to rake our leaves here because the butterflies, etc. lay their eggs in the fall leaves
Adams Rubble: most people do anyway :)
Riddle Sideways: good point. The monarchs did not come this year
Riddle Sideways: hmmm, think most the butterflies here lay eggs in trees

Adams Rubble: I am going to have to travel on
Riddle Sideways: oh then maybe those leaves fall to ground
Riddle Sideways: ok, should too
Adams Rubble: you have the fire problem there
Riddle Sideways: go have your Best Eriv Inauguration
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: by All
Adams Rubble: next session, Trump will be gone to Florida
Riddle Sideways: ㋡
Riddle Sideways: see you then
Adams Rubble: Yes!
Adams Rubble: enjoy tomorrow
Adams Rubble: bye for now
Adams Rubble: shhhh