Bedroom confessions: Behind bars

No, this isn't my first NSFW post. I am here humming Summertime waiting for my daughter to fall asleep properly, she is very restless. As I have said earlier in the week, we have all been a little under the weather lately.

I took the photo about an hour ago in the city on a run to the only open pharmacy in the region. The fence is in the main street and separates the pedestrians from the roadworks for the tram construction. I am glad they are putting in the tram but, there are better ways available and with self-driving vehicles on the horizon, much cheaper options.

The reason they can't really change their plans though is that this has taken literally 100 years to get started. Every change requires a new round of approval and every complaint gets addressed, no matter how invalid.

One argument from a nationalist party member was that the tram ride would be so enjoyable people will spend their days riding it instead of getting jobs. Another from the same party was that it would increase suicide attempts. Maybe those arguments tell more about their view of their own supporters than any real concerns.

How we view our world and the people in it obviously has a large effect on how we treat people and experience life. For some, everything is negative, others drama while a few enjoy what comes. In Finland, the view is that life is something that must be endured, not enjoyed and enjoyment for many comes from a bottle.

Thankfully though, this is changing and people are rediscovering the beauty of nature and, using their hands to make something. Not many perhaps but maybe by the time my daughter is old enough to go out into the world alone, the norm could be one of creativity and development. None of that just happens though, there is no such thing as a future fact although, there are possibilities and probabilities.

But, that can be for later. My daughter fell asleep now and my wife is waiting on the couch so we can watch something together. It has been so many months since the last time that I don't even remember what we watched.

Taraz
[ a Steem original ]
_{(posted from phone)}