A Casual & Cool Customer...

Folk #1: Dealing with turmoil, drama, trauma, & the highly-stoked, over-amped hurly-burly of an uncertain existence. Oh yeah, that's life. If you aren't careful, you may come down with a bad case of the existential blues. You can quickly dissolve into a murky puddle of indecision & despair. It is important to step back, take a breath, situate yourself a healthy distance from your own seething human snake-pit. Think of your self as a disinterested, casual & cool customer. An observer, a watcher on the scene. Notice your own emotional minefield. Survey, and deactivate, your own hot-buttons. Tame & chain your own personal demons, at least for little awhile, or certainly, long enough to let a certain clarity light up your head & heart space. Remember, although you actually are quite capable of being happy, when even & especially, when alone, you need people, you need healthy human interaction every day. We humans are truly social animals. Sure, sometimes too much interaction with fellow humans can lead to a "people hang-over," that's just baked into the human carnival. And, oh, yeah, when in the thick of it, deep in the throes of a heavy conversation, remind yourself that you don't need to have all the answers, or solutions. You don't need to float your ideas or opinions at the drop of a hat, you don't need to wield your ideas & opinions like swinging a heavy axe. It is not your job to fix everything. In fact, sometimes the absolute best answer is no answer. As they say: "First, do no harm." A good rule to live by. Silence can useful. And then, maybe, upon a studied reflection, a heartfelt, and absolutely truthful declaration: "I don't know, I mean, I have no fucking clue..."  That is clarity. No doubt.