5 DAYS OF THERAPY

 5 DAYS OF THERAPY.

So I just wrapped a five day road trip. 2487MILES. 

I drove from New York to Kanab Utah.

Beautiful Drive. Long Drive. 

New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,Missouri,Kansas,Colorado, NewMexico, Arizona and finally Utah.

This added to all of my travels last year totals TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND MILES & 40 STATES.

To say I am tired is an understatement. 

What I come to realize is I am happiest when I am out on the road. It is the adventures and exploring which REFUELS ME.

While I am out on the road , I am inspired to take inventory of the world around me.

This trip did not disappoint. I have driven across the country so many times. Each and every time I am filled with GRATITUDE that I was one who knew how important getting out of your comfort zone and opening myself up to experience life outside of where I was and what I was taught.

I just posted a Youtube video which if interested you can find posted on my channel. The channel is Where is Joe?

It was my first trip back to NYC  since before Covid.

It was SHOCKING to see how QUIET & EMPTY the city was.  Saying that there still an AMAZING ENERGY in the city that not even a GLOBAL PANDEMIC can take away.  The city is MAGICAL.

I was saying how interesting it is when I have travelled to the city with people ho have not been there. 

People either LOVE or HATE what NYC IS. 

They get to the city and all of a sudden are surrounded by people who do not look like them or sound and speak like them. THEY BECOME FEARFUL. 

I find that reaction to be ODD. But I understand as these peoples lives are limited by the boundaries  they impose or society imposes on them.

One of the gifts traveling gives to people is they live beyond the boundaries due to their curiosity on new and different and willing to have experience and open our minds to WHAT IS. NOT WHAT WAS. 

The country right now is a day away from a verdict in the GEORGE FLOYD case.  The city and country is bracing for what could happen if the police officer is found INNOCENT. 

HE IS NOT INNOCENT. WE WATCHED HIM MURDER GEORGE FLOYD ON TV.

Since George Floyd there have been countless black men SENSELESSLY MURDERED by COPS which seem to have a CHIP ON THEIR SHOULDERS AND BIASED. These cops probably should have never been able to wear a badge.

The latest of DAUNTE WRIGHT a 20 years old stopped for having air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME. 

We are a year into a GLOBAL PANDEMIC. EVERYONE HAS MASKS HANGING FROM THEIR MIRRORS. WTF.

The department is saying the cops mistook her gun for a taser. REALLY?  This is a 26 year police veteran. 

I call BULLSHIT. This all needs to STOP.  It is beyond the realm of my comprehension the OUTWARD HATE TOWARD THE BLACK MAN. SIMPLY BECAUSE THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN. 

It makes me HEARTSICK. HOPING FOR CHANGE.

This world is filled with so much HATE. But saying that I do believe there are more LOVING PEOPLE. I CHOOSE TO BELIEVE THAT LOVE WILL EVENTUALLY WIN.

RIP DAUTE WRIGHT 

I AM SO SORRY YOUR LIFE WAS SENSELESSLY CUT SHORT. YOUR LIFE WILL NOT HAVE BEEN LOST IN VAIN. 

MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO LOVED AND ARE MISSING YOU. 

WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS.