This morning, an acquaintance who knows I’m from Wisconsin, was talking to me about the recent temple shooting in Oak Creek, WI. He said, “We are starting to hear about acts like this way too often. What’s happening with this world?”
I felt what he was saying and agreed with him. As I started to walk away, he said, “Isn’t it a shame we can’t take all the nice and loving people to the moon and live there?”
I joked about how wonderful that would be, but told him that we just need more people to realize that as the world gets worse, we all need to strive to get better. He just smiled.
Earlier this morning I was watching CNN. I noticed the sadness of story after story. As I continued to watch the news while getting ready for work, I realized the one positive broadcast I’ve heard revolved around the United States receiving 70 Gold medals in the Olympics. I stood still for a moment because it hit me that the one positive news piece in approximately 20 minutes of national broadcasting was about an event that only happens every four years.
After hearing stories of the NYPD looking into a Twitter threat, Jennifer Lopez accusing her ex-driver of blackmail and the University of Montana quarterback being charged with rape, I turned off the TV and listened to some Roy Orbison. I knew that would put me in a better place.
I don’t know why there is so much hate and negativity in the world, but I do know that you can never have enough kindness and inspiration. And that’s exactly what Fingers Crossed … Everything Crossed is all about. No one is forced to walk around miserable and with a hateful heart. That is a choice.
I don’t want to provide lists for people to follow. I just want to become a brand of inspiration. Someone who isn’t related to or affiliated with someone famous or well known. Just a twenty-something woman, who grew up in small town Wisconsin, and moved to New York City to make a difference. I figure right now the world doesn’t need another person telling them what to buy on 5th Avenue. But maybe, just maybe, the world could use this little lady (ummm, me!) to find inspiration and spread love, positivity and happiness. It’s all about making people smile, and helping them become proud of who they are.
After all, I did walk away from high school with the title of “Most Inspirational.” And … since we can’t live on the moon.
Fingers Crossed … Everything Crossed 