Did you make up your bed this morning? Blog post!

I spent last evening with my parents, 2 of my sisters, brother-in-law, Nieces, and business partner in my new group: Juris.  Boy did my sister tear it up. The Mango-Peach pie, while vegan in nature, sure did have those “soul-foodesque” ingredients that added about 100 pounds to my eye-lids….Yeah I go the “NENS”..and if you don’t know what that means, send me a PM.

Well we started speaking about my sister’s upcoming move to Shanghai, China and the fact that my nieces are going to continue violin and sax lessons respectively.  Additionally we saw my youngest sister’s 3D-HD television and my brother-in-law handed us a pair of 3D glasses so that we could see the game Call of Duty: Black Ops from the new TV.  But he admitted that he didn’t know how to play it at all. Thus, of course, I mentioned youtube.com as the perfect way to learn how to play it. “Whaaaaaat! Really?”  Um Yeah….(eyebrows arched)!

Although, I feel as thought technology has taken a serious toll on PERSONAL VERBAL-LOOK ME IN MY EYES communication.  It has definitely opened up our access to everything. My nieces explained how they use youtube when learning a new piece.  Simply type in “Title” and performance of your favorite piece and see what happens.  I mean it’s crazy.  Want love advice?…hahahaha…Go to youtube. Want to learn how to play a certain scale…Yep…. you got it…go to youtube and type it in. Need help in quickbooks..mmm hmm!   My brother-law-typed in vaginal hysterectomy…yep… it’s there. Although google might be a better source for us non-OBGYN’s.  There is at least reason I went to law school and not into medicine.

So then why are so many of us in this country down and out and feeling more trapped than ever? What’s really funny is that if you put this into Google just as a sentence and type it in, you’ll find out that there is someone who has posted on this as well.  But from lil ole MJ, I want to posit that life has become like a school of fish to a Shark!  We have lost sight of the trees for the forest. And the main tree that we have lost sight of is that one that we see each day in the mirror-the one that we need to take a second out of the day and query….”how are YOU doing today..overall?”: “How are you feeling about life?”: “When was the last time we treated YOU to a vacation/movie/date/drink or just a second to remember our own personal humanity.” : “Was what you said fair?”: “Are YOU being selfish or Self-Centered?”

Honestly, I can only give you a certain amount of questions to ask yourself…. But I know one thing, you cannot avoid those that are in your head.  Yep…the ones that keep you awake at night, or distract you during the day. These are the questions, that when addressed, allow your self-conscious to know that you still have time to love yourself.

It’s as my mom always said, “No matter how dirty your room is, before you leave, “Make up your DAMN bed!” What I learned is by taking the 30 seconds to make up my bed, It set me off on the right track everyday and was the perfect investment for the future…Because, everyday, when I get home I have a made bed and it lets me know that although life is crazy, I still have just a little control. And it’s the same when you ask yourself those questions.  It might not even be in the same day. But when you go through life, those little conversations or “youtubesque” queries allow your soul to guide YOU in the direction in which you REALLY want to go! So, take a sec away from the smartphone, PS3, kids, spouse, mom, and life and take the time to make up your bed of consciousness.  Cause after the daily grind, its a great comforter….Did you make your bed today?