My Tuesday has revolved around nuture. In the quiet morning I meditated and stretched on the deck; at lunchtime I prepared my stand-by wholesome mid-day meal; and in the afternoon I made protein bites and harvested fresh basil and parsley to whizz up homemade pesto. There was a fair bit of reading too - I am finding ‘This Naked Mind’ really interesting. It is about the unconscious mind, social conditioning, and neuro-linguistic programming as it applies to alcohol and societal/individual addiction. Something bizarre and unsettling also occurred. I was the target of a screaming online troll who accused me of being a violent hoodlum; the kind of person who endorsed mass shootings (I had made a comment explaining the context of someone else’s post.) It was laughably ridiculous, as anyone acquainted with me knows, but the tone and language was confronting nonetheless. I’ve successfully managed to avoid trolls all these years but it made me think how people in the public eye must have to grow hides of kevlar. Obviously I blocked the individual, as I had no desire to see his response to my redress. 🕊☯🍃
