Thursday, July 10, 2014

The Damn Newsletter: Take One Day at a Time...

Greetings and Salutations,

I’m not going to lie to you…it took everything for me to write a newsletter but I owed you all one and I promised Gina Torino.  (What up G-Unit?!) So here we go…

It’s summer time so that means I have Brooklyn here with me, the temperature is burning people up more than a hooker on Sprague Street (Shreveportian phrase…you guys are smart you can get what it means), and…uh…well that’s about it.  Working hard on a couple of projects like weight loss, podcasts (maybe this fall), and career advancement not to mention promoting IDLE of the Peach’s “reunion” show on July 19th in Shreveport at Bear’s at 10 pm CDT. ( Yeah, I did just make that a quick promotion, didn’t I?)  Did I mention I would be there in Shreveport for the show…just saying.  Lol




Oh and if you don’t have the app, Glide…GET IT!  I’m pretty much addicted to this video text messaging app and you all don’t use it enough.  Download it today!  (Glide is not paying me for this endorsement…although they should…this is only my opinion)













Shout Out goes to the best person I know to give it to my daughter…Brooklyn Butler.  She is keeping me together more than she could possibly imagine.  I love that little girl!!!







Take it one day at a time…

Hmm…yeah that’s a saying I've been hearing for most of life.  And for most of my life I have ignored it.  I mean seriously.  How else do you live life? You can’t do a week a time.  I can’t fast forward to March 29, 2015! (The date of WrestleMania 31) The phrase is just stupid.  And then it’s spoken at the times when you need the most help.  When you are dealing with substance addiction…when you are getting over a heartbreak or loss…or in my case when you are unbelievably depressed and you just want to lay down and  not get up.  So, yes…I’m hearing this phrase a lot these days. 

Now I will spare you on how this seems like an annual thing, how I feel like I can’t get my life together, or how I feel so absolutely all alone because honestly I don’t want to talk about it.  Yes, I’m aware that I’m writing about it but trust me, it’s not for my benefit or for sympathy. (Please don’t sympathize)  I would much rather just stop talking to people and sit in a dark room, watching TV, listening to Boyz II Men’s rendition of “Can You Stand the Rain”, and eating cheesecake (preferably strawberry cheesecake)…or honestly…WORSE.  But I can’t.  I have my daughter here.  I make her lunch for summer camp.  I teach her wrestling moves (as I train her to be a future WWE Divas’ Champion) plus I know others go through this and need to know that this feeling is common.  But believe me.  I debated for days whether or not if I was going to even share my feelings like this or do another newsletter period.  I’m so tired…*sigh* but I digress. 

Take it one day at a time…

Is that really possible? Seriously, can it be done?  Life is filled with preparing for the future.  High School, College, Advance Degrees, Kids, Marriage, Relationships, Space Travel, Technology, Medicine, Careers, Training, Weight Loss, Weight Gain, Apes eventually taking over the Earth…everything is looking at the future.  Whether it’s tomorrow or 20 years from now no one can take one day at a time.  For people who obsess about things like me how can you shut down your mind to take one day at a time?  How can you inhale and exhale long enough to keep your thoughts from killing you.  Yes I said the “K” word.  Hey it does kill you in one way or another.  It kills your relationships with people.  It kills your mind, your spirit, your soul, and your confidence.  It takes years off your life because it  causes you to not sleep, sleep too much, eat too much, not eat, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, high blood pressure, heart disease,  or you just plain kill yourself.  Hey I’m not saying I’m going to do it.  I’m just saying it happens.  Ask the cast of Rizzoli and Isles.  It’s real!

Okay I guess cut to the chase and stop the rambling.  It is impossible to take one day at a time.  Stop telling people that.  Stop saying it.  Stop believing it. Get that phrase completely out of your head.  It’s as real as trolls riding unicorns that shoot rainbows out of their ass that are in route to have tea with the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny.  All you can do is not let it consume you. (Now I have no idea how to do that otherwise I wouldn't be writing this) Don’t let that monster wreak havoc on your life.  Don’t let it stop you from doing what you want.  It may slow you down.  You may recognize that some people can’t deal with what you’re going through.  You may gain some weight (God I hope not!) But don’t let it kill you.  What it does to me…only time will tell.

But those are just my thoughts…right or wrong…just what I’m feeling at the time!!!




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