I’ve often wondered about the benefits of being small.
A small cut makes only a little blood.
A small problem can be solved without much time nor bother.
Small means exclusive.
The pedals on my bike are part of a small and exclusive club.
Somehow, through no fault of my own, they bite my flesh and draw blood.
You see, I live in a home filled with vampiric small dogs and two cats whose claws regularly drip with the upper most layers of human flesh.
You too, dear reader,
You are a member of a very exclusive club.
Most of you have been here since the beginning of these posts - way back in 2021
And here we are just around the corner from five years later…
It’s wonderful to have y’all here for such a long time.
You’re a small but mighty contingent of oddballs along the ride on a fairly unfiltered creative journey in search of levity and humour.
With more than its fair share of cynicism, poop jokes and bile.
I was really angry a while ago.
About one thing or another.
These days?
I feel relieved.
Another great aspect of a small following?
I don’t go viral quickly.
Which is good.
Sometime last year I felt hurt and spoke pretty strongly about dumping a lot of American social media types.
I did it as a boycott.
I was patriotic and angry.
Grrrrrrr.
But at the same time?
I kept following a few - like Devon who’s in my recommendation list.
And I kept in touch with friends - just a couple.
And then?
I deleted my facebook and LinkedIn accounts.
After that?
Instagram came off my phone.
It was never the people, it’s the platforms.
I see more humans at work in a day than I did in years.
It’s thrilling.
I’m much less upset and a lot more clear.
I’d apologize for any particularly inflammatory things I said in the past but that would be silly. I’m a troll. I’m here to say inflammatory things.
What’s more?
Inflammation is part of the injury and recovery process
And it seems necessary.
So if someone near you is being inflammatory?
Treat them as though they are a twisted ankle.
Dump some ice down their pants.
Shrivel up them balls.
And let them know that things are sometimes better,
When they’re smaller.