It ain't necessarily so ..

A friend recently was told by someone at a medical office that she had lumps in her breast that needed to be examined more closely. The appointment to have her charts and scans read took two months - at which time they told her that she had some fibroids that needed to be watched. Her results were a huge relief, of course, but this has been the fourth time THIS YEAR that a woman friend of mine was told by a clinician that she may have breast cancer and was left to stew in her own juices until the doctor picked up the charts and scans and reported "you don't have cancer". Several of these women have had to have biopsies. Each of them was put through months of internalized panic and stress to be told "oh, those are just fibroids. Perfectly normal for your age."

There are so many things in life that "ain't necessarily so". Someone's motivations, someone's internal monologue, someone's past - what something "means".

To be human is to focus nearly exclusively on what everything means. What words mean, events, weather, career paths, relationship developments. What does it MEAN? Depending on one's background, training and openness, this meaning can be attributed to one's own failings, to vague feelings that someone is out to get you, to feelings that God is out to get you.

The problem with that is - when everyone is trying to figure out what it "means" without listening, asking or observing - you have nothing but self-guided "certainty" with no real information.

All of life is complex, involving many independent parts, all of which collide depending on timing, order, temperature.. so many variables that it's impossible to know just what things "mean".

Just remember - it ain't necessarily so. Could be different. If you don't like how it looks, be open to seeing it differently.

Vampire plots

It has occurred to me that our planet has for the last two decades been the focus of a comprehensive campaign by vampires to lay the foundation for acceptance and dominance of the human world.

Previous to this time, vampires have always allowed themselves to be portrayed as gruesome, fearful beasts who appeared to be barely human. In the absence of long distance communication and fast responders such as police and fire departments (only those that are socialized, of course) the vampire society began to see that they had to gain acceptance or even admiration to maintain their wealth and power.

Nearly twenty years ago, female vampires were portrayed as sexy and powerfully appealing for the first time in a widely distributed film. While this changed the opinions of a portion of the male population, it did nothing to gain the complete social integration desired by the vamps.

In the last ten years, we have seen a constant stream of incredibly hot, sexy, lovable vampire males. Tom Cruise, David Boreanaz, the twinky boys from the Twilight series, Wesley Snipe, even Ryan Reynolds has made a mostly naked appearance to utilize his inimitable Adonis belt to persuade a malleable populace to want to be with a Vampire or be LIKE a Vampire.

Prescient as they are, the Vampires could predict the passage of the Patriot Act, which would inevitably bring them permanently out of the financial shadows and into the sunlight. This marketing campaign was only the broadest in their effort to grow their number and gain full civil rights.

Clearly, Hollywood is being run by Vampires, given all of this content.

(hee hee)