Eat Pray Love It

I don't normally write book reviews (and I'm not going to start here) but I am compelled to say (which is a quite unsettling, yet pleasant, feeling) that this book has really opened me up to some issues about myself which needed to be addressed. I often let myself drift and become entangled amongst many pervasive and destructive thoughts throughout the day which I have been allowing to take the place of the more necessary, positive ones. Perhaps it's the result of too much reality TV, LA traffic or a trivial job, but many of my recent days have been spent grumbling over issues that deserve as much attention as Bernie Madoff's daily, dessert selection. Controlling one's own thoughts is not a new idea, but I can't help but feel like I have gained a new understanding of its importance and necessity in my life.

Sometimes Beating a Dead Horse Just Makes Your Arm Tired

Current President, Barack Obama, has received the Nobel Peace prize under a hail of political gunfire (though he's probably getting used to it by now.) I had no idea that the MSN, FoxNews, Facebook, and Twitter communities were so sensitive to the Nobel Prize committee's annual choice. Can any of the multitude of bitchy bloggers name a past winner from this decade...probably not...can they even correctly pronounce the names of any recent winners...probably not (Jimmy Carter doesn't count.) But aside from the nation's general ignorance and its equally effluent love of gossiping, I'm really at a loss in understanding the uproar of protest at Obama being given the prize. To the countless Obama detractors, I'd say, "It's not something that he lobbied for; he was chosen. Does he deserve it? Who knows...chances are, more than you."

Why can't we focus on some of the real issues, like supporting and discussing the initiatives that he is trying to enact to improve our country? Why can't we at least be proud of our nation's president for receiving such a prestigious honor? Why do we delight so much in denegrating instead of congratulating? Let's just lend support to our president now that we actually have one that doesn't seem to revel in blatantly disregarding America's common good. Let's take a step back to move forward. Maybe there IS change on the horizon...perhaps it's only obscured by the smoking keyboards of this country's cynics and nay-sayers.