Category Archives: Rambling

Rambling About Support of Community

The support of community institutions by other community institutions is important. It doesn’t matter if its schools, houses of worship, businesses and places that offer assistance. More importantly its up to individuals to support the places that make community better for all of us. The advancement of the missions of these organizations is dependent on us all.

A Ramble About Narcissism

A lot of bloggers write about narcissism. Admittedly I don’t know much about the issue other than it’s a issue where someone holds a higher view of themselves which causes other behavior issues. I can see there are people whose ego and self-worth can be a serious issue on many different levels. We see many people in the culture who are narcissists and those people need to put themselves on a level above the average person. We see people who have a difficulty relating to others because of their view of themselves.

It makes me wonder if those who blog about themselves or posts selfies are just wanting to share their lives or perhaps it is something more. Under the definition of what narcissism is I could be a narcissist or is there something different here? Those who write about the subject seem to have experiences that have deeply impacted their lives. It is a subject I honestly didn’t think much about until I started seeing it written about extensively on blogs I read.

We take a look in our culture and its pretty obvious who is stuck on themselves and they cannot see the condition and lives of others. Maybe those people need some course correction and to have their mirrors taken away. Life is too short to be stuck on ourselves. Maybe life experience from another person would help a narcissist come to terms with their behavior. There are some folks who enjoy being stuck on themselves. It’s all strange and curious. Once again I don’t know much. I just hope I don’t fit the definition.

My Rambling Posts, All In One Place

I like to ramble about things that rattle around in my head. Those posts are more like a stream of consciousness and thoughts that I want to share on my blog.  Now I have compiled all those posts into one category so you the reader can access them to see what is this idiot talking about.

Click the Rambling link on my menu bar on the front page to access those random thoughts.

Also in other blog maintenance issues have done some consolidation of About Tony pages into one menu item too.

Rambling About Overposting

Do you think there is a time when a blogger can over post. There are times when I think my posts can overwhelm my followers. I do appreciate the feedback I get. What do you think?

Rambling About Situational Anger and Negativity

Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others…H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

We live in a world where negativity permeates much of our lives and culture. From social media to traditional media we are bombarded with bad news. I think this wears on us and brings us down. Here in Chattanooga reaction to the shootings of Thursday has been very mixed. People have gone on Facebook and Twitter to share anguish and at times very venomous statements against Muslims, The President and the situation as a whole. The whole thing is very sad and has impacted people emotionally and mentally.

I am kind of sad about the whole thing. Anger won’t bring back the dead. But love can stop future situations. Paying attention to those who are in need could save more lives than you think. When a person is in need offer them help. Flip the whole situation around to give people hope.

My blog is a positive place I hope. I will share what I am feeling and sometimes it will not be all cheery and happy. However I want people to know how committed I am personally and as a blogger to giving us some hope, grace and love.

Be positive, it looks good on you.

Rambling About Being Kind

It’s sad that people have forgotten how to be kind to others. Bringing up appearance ones physical characteristics in a mean way is totally inappropriate. It really saddens me that people feel like they have to bring people down to elevate them. I think women get it in an unfair way. Maybe if some folks would learn some manners the world would be a safe place for everyone. Trolls are ruining the Internet for everyone.