Why am I Drawing a Blank?

Normally I have thoughts to share, but today it’s not coming to me. However, I know why — and you might be able to relate to this.

Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash

While I am not a master of any one specific thing, I have developed certain levels of experience that have given me a modicum of expertise.

Some are tangible, like my ability to do virtually anything with MS Word, general technical computer-related skills with both hardware and software, doing and teaching medieval fencing combat, and sharing my writing. Others are intangible, like practicing mindfulness, conscious reality creation, positivity, and taking action to find and/or create life how I would like to experience it.

Presently the world is in crisis. The pandemic, at least in the United States, has taken a backseat to protests over police brutality. The protests are making it painfully obvious how deeply rooted systemic racism still is. What’s worse, the political system has been overrun by a horrific, unempathetic President and his party — which is kowtowing to his whims rather than doing their job and checking his corruption. The election in the fall is going to be…I dunno, interesting?

So here we are, the world is overwhelmingly negative and uncertain. Meanwhile, I sit in my comfy home-office…