Wednesday, January 1, 2014

My Wish List For 2014




The year is now behind us, and for many of us, this is also the time to take stock of what we left behind; whether unfinished or not. This is also a time that I lay out my list of things I love to see, some that I would rather do without and yet others that have no worldly effect on anyone other than me…so here goes:

Top Fourteen Things I Will Look Forward to*



1.     Peace on Earth, ok, this one is a “gimmie” but instead of ending with it I thought I would lead with it, after all, who doesn’t want this. Except maybe, Faux News or the Tea Party, or those idiots whose idea of a good time is to walk into a gathering with explosives strapped to their bodies.

2.     More original Latin Music, I must say that the music coming out today lacks a bit of originality. There is something to be said about replicating your sound in a live performance, aw hell; lets extend this out to all types of music. To my musician friends, I am referring to the drek that is being broadcast, and not your stuff, you know who you are. PS…when you mix salsa and reggaeton, you get crap. Seriously.

3.     I hope that Israel recovers from their collective amnesia. How can a people forget the many years of pogroms, genocide and virulent anti Semitism still active in the world. It is my belief that you have been given a gift, and are betraying the trust handed to you by the Creator; if you are truly the chosen people, then behave as such. Generations of enemies are being created every day. On the other side of the coin, we must ask, where is the next Gandhi, the next MLK. One God created all, call him\her what you wish, but understand that we wall will have to pay the piper.

4.     Can we collectively throw away this idiotic notion that we, as Americans, are exceptional? Lets agree that we have pretty much fucked things up for the last fifty years or so, some would argue even longer than that. Compared to other people, we have only been around for what, less that there hundred years. Shit, China has shoes older than that.

5.     More love, more kissing, more poetry, more dreaming impossible dreams.

6.     Lets lower the walls

7.     Don’t play your relationship woes on “social” media. I am sorry that your significant other is treating you like crap, take control and leave that idiot.

8.     I pray that my progressive friends stop living in an alternate universe, lets work hard to deal with the problems that we face as a society together. The past is a lesson so that we may face the future. There is almost no point in living in the past.

9.     Lets understand that we will make mistakes.

10.  No one has a monopoly on a perfect life.

11.  Write more stuff, watch a silly TV show, watch cartoons with the kids, eat that last blueberry muffin.

12.  Please be truthful with one another; but if the truth is going to hurt someone, try to soften the blow

13.  Give thanks everyday for the gift that you are living. Try to ease someone else’s burden. Babysit for a friend. Help that harried couple by giving them a date night or afternoon. Share your bounty.

14.  And finally, love much. Dream more. Be more passionate towards one another. Kiss, hold hands, pretend today is the last day.



*I know some of you will think or even say out load that I must be living in some sort of LaLa land, I assure I am not, but if we don’t strive towards a better future, then I ask, What’s the point? In any event if you do nothing else. See number 5

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