Misery loves company.
I've been depressed. I recently turned 30 and have nothing to show for it. I've
been unemployed since Friday, June 1, 2012. I have no AC so I'm getting hotter
with every keystroke, which adds another degree of torture. Yet what was my
word for today, but Refractory (rih-frack-tuh-ree)
- Capable of enduring high temperature. I subscribe to the school of thought
that cooler heads prevail.
At least
I have my yerba mate and assortment of tea. Yet too much of a good thing
can be bad for you. A Mayo Clinic nutritionist, Katherine Zeratsky,
R.d., L.D. in so many words advised that some believe yerba mate
can relieve fatigue, promote weight loss, ease depression and headaches,
and help treat various other conditions. However drinking large amounts of
yerba mate over a prolonged period of time may cause cancer and smoking can
increase your odds. I would much rather increase my odds for winning the
lottery.
Thank
god I don't smoke so I'll take my chances. At least I have tea. No wait,
according to my brother, tea causes gallstones. However, a LIVESTRONG.com
article revealed that too much black tea may cause kidney stones. Today, I felt
like having cinnamon black tea. Well what doesn't kill you; makes you
stronger. I'm broke anyway so I won't be able to restock. And
that folks is what slow roasted nuts is partially about - ironic humor.
Yet
what is humor without tears...
You Are
a Writer (So Start Acting Like One) was listed on Amazon's top 100 free kindle
books. Therefore, it was right in my price range. As I allowed my kindle to read to me Jeff
Goin's ebook, I started to cry and not because the robotic voice did not
do the words justice. I had an epiphany. Damn it! I am a writer. So here I am
practicing, sweating. Despite possible kidney
stones, I defiantly sip my cinnamon black tea.
I have
faith in Cami (camellia sinensis). Today's tea infused
search brought me to Samovar. Samovar is tea lounge in San Francisco, CA. I
hope to visit it when times are better. At any rate, they have a word of the
day section. Entelechy was given it's 15 minutes of fame. Entelechy
is the converting of the theoretical into the practical, the realization
of true potential. Perhaps another sign that I am headed in the write
direction. I meant to use right but Freud strikes again.
Freud
once said: "Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest
happiness or deepest despair; they can transfer knowledge from teacher to
student; words enable the orator to sway his audience and dictate its
decisions. Words are capable of arousing the strongest emotions and prompting
all men's actions."
Entelechy
for some reason makes me think of Lich. The only reason I am familiar with it
is because one appeared on Lost Girl. According to Wikipedia: "In modern
fantasy fiction, a lich sometimes spelled liche, cognate to Dutch lijk and German Leiche, both
meaning "corpse") is a type of undead creature. Often such a creature is the result of a
transformation, as a powerful magician or king striving for eternal life uses spells or rituals to bind his
intellect to his animated corpse and thereby achieve a form of
immortality."
Like the Lich, we all
seek immortality. Some chose to have children - a legacy. Fortune cookie wisdom
has taught me that ideas are like children; there are none so wonderful as your
own. If you can conceive it then you can achieve it. A paraphrasing of Napoleon
Hill's baby.
I am a writer.
