15-04.27.85 in Book Two: The Fifteenth Year of the Third Millennium of the Common Era

Here is the plan for the day:
Work Out
Consider Dietary Changes
PM Court
Bar Association Paperwork
Audio/Video Computer Check for Various Upcoming Projects
Food
Video Games

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Here is what ACTUALLY happened:

Slept through my alarm
Woke up with a terrible stomach ache (like might puke, but didn’t)
Also dealing with the pain-controlling-nonsense-rage
Off to work to cover court shifts
Court had over one hundred five defendants (massive) and both the body pain and stomach pain turned into a sharp stabbing pain.
After work, like an ass, picked up some Taco Bell… figured either it would make me vomit or make me feel better; one of the two.
Then… errands & chores for Wife. Stuff like bank, pick up package, empty dishwasher, etc.
Settled in to play a little Mortal Kombat before the wife got home from work
And when she did.... she cleaned off a pair of my shoes that got muddy over the week and I cooked (burnt) dinner before we watched some Netflix.

SO.... not nearly as much actually done as I had wanted to do. Hopefully, I can do that tomorrow. But no, my stomach never really settled down today.

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I’ve seen a whole bunch of news articles I want to comment on in my Intellectual Book… but we’ll see if I get to that.
Jail Court today also inspired a serious thought tangent that I want to write out in my Intellectual Book as well.
But for here, right now… whether you believe in prayer or animal sacrifice or positive thoughts… please the world needs it right now. It seems more than ever. The climate-based tragedies; the earthquakes, tsunamis, droughts… the human-based tragedies; injustice, violence, warfare, rioting… I so desperately wish there was something, anything I could do to fix this world… but, as I’ve been routinely informed, I am only one person… without super powers, without giant loads of free time, and without gobs of money.... I can’t save the world… but maybe I can help. Even if all I can do is pray or volunteer locally or do my best at a job that revolves around justice… I just… I wish the world worked. I wish the world worked on simple principles.
1) Strive for peace and justice and harmony.
2) Help those who need it, but don’t do for those that can do for themselves.
3) When injustice appears, call it out and work towards change.
4) When natural disasters strike; pitch in.
5) Hold individuals accountable for their actions; don’t blame an entire culture/race/profession/religion/etc for that person’s actions.

There are more, and should be more… but… I will never understand how our world has so strongly continued to reject the principles upon which Martin Luther King Jr taught… and Ghandi… and Jesus! If someone strikes you unjustly… announce that the action was unjust. Because let me tell you something true.... if someone strikes you unjustly, and you respond by striking back.... you are no longer an innocent, no longer a person for whom justice should be sought.... if you strike back? That makes you part of the problem. It is well known that the victor of combat is the one who knows when to put his sword down.