Needing a hug

Today has been one of those days when it feels it’s me against the world and the world is winning. When I lived in Texas a friends gave me a little plastic card that looked like credit card. It was a Garfield’s Hug Club Card that I’ve been carrying it my wallet since then. On the back it says:

Having one of those days? Feel like it’s you against the world and the world is winning? Well, whip out your trusted Hug Club Card and watch your trouble disappears. Just present it to friends or family for a squeeze that’s guaranteed to please. And the best thing about this card is the more you use it, better you feel!

So I’m using it right now. I need a hug and to be assured that everything is going to be all right. A couple of unresolved issues at work bather the hech out of me, even though they are out of my control. Just this morning I realized that those issues are nagging me more than I want to admit. They are constantly there interrupting my thoughts and daily work. Not good.

Then when the news came this morning about the foiled London terror plot I just started to feel uneasy. London and the UK is something that is very close to me in heart (and in distance) so when hearing things like this I get big lump in my stomach.

I guess most everybody’s reaction is to get terrified at first, but then I just got plain angry and upset. This is a threat to everyday existence and to the global world we are living in. How can those people think that blowing X numbers of jumbo jets in pieces will make the world a better place. Black, white, red or green. Christian, Jew, Hindu or Muslim we are all humans and equal. Why can’t we just get a long? I know it’s not that easy, but in my dream world we are all getting a long and are dancing around like 60’s flower children. I have a feeling life would be so much easier. Or maybe not…