Turning a Corner

During the first couple of weeks of September I was flat on my back in bed with the flu. I’ve had the flu lots of times before during my life, so it was just one of those things that I had thought would come and go and be quickly forgotten. Life just moves on. I went back to my regular routine, and went back to work.

But something about those two weeks were different. It’s been a month since then, and I have noticed something noticeably different about me and about how I view things in my life. The other day I was watching Air Crash Investigation documentaries on You Tube. I’ve done this for years now because it keeps me awake as I work. I just avoid watching it immediately before I go on a plane ride because it does tend to make me paranoid.

But for the first time while watching it, I felt truly connected emotionally to the victims and their families. I don’t know why it happened, but it did. I see how survivors change, how their outlook on life changes, and how they found the courage and inspiration to strike out to do new things in their life, or perhaps pursue dreams they’ve always had.

I kept thinking why wait for something like that to happen to me before I do the things I’ve always wanted to do, say what I wanted to say? Those two weeks in bed made me realize that I won’t wait any longer. I think it’s time I found the courage to do some things I’ve always wanted to try doing. Things that might be crazy, things that might even be risky. I want to try to write things, other things that have always interested me but never really got around to it because my views may be controversial or be put up to ridicule. But haven’t I done that so many times before on this blog when it comes to comics?

Comics isn’t really my only interest. I’m interested in a lot of other things. Some things that might even be unusual or peculiar to some.

But I guess the time has come that I just really don’t care anymore. This is me, and these are my interests for better or for worse.