FlexRex: Fictional Blogger

The principle for Day #38 on the 101-day book report says: "Silently recite the word "love" whenever you encounter someone."

I tried today's principle and I couldn't quite pull it off.

So I went out to listen to some jazz and have a couple of beers to see if that would help. It did. In fact, it didn't take too long until it was easy to love everybody.

Then somewhere along the line, I flashed back to a play I was in back in 1972. My hippie third grade teacher showed us a reel of Yellow Submarine and we all thought it was colored with magic. And the best part was singing along to "Love is all you need."

When I snapped out of it, I went home to type this in and I made the mistake of reading my email. The messages were laden with Bcc: politics, fate-tempting bear traps, and self-serving skullduggery.

Maybe love is all you need. When success brings you to a minefield, it's the only thing that won't blow up with you.