…helps you in ways you may never know or understand. I spend a lot of time supporting others…not because I want notoriety or even my support to be acknowledged quietly. I do it because it is the right thing to do. Some people need help and will ask for it. Some people need help and won’t say a word. I offer my help to others, some accept it, others pass. I support other artists by buying their work, displaying it for others to see or giving it away as a gift. I buy books because it helps an artist pay their bills. I buy CDs to listen to instead of downloading an album or song because I know that the artist gets a bigger proceed from it. Lately, I have been more mindful of where I spend my money. I was just conversing with a friend about how a certain health treatment reduces inflammation in my body but I don’t use it because it costs too much money. Once I thought about my statement, I realized it is untrue. I spend my money on things I really don’t need or that are unhealthy to me instead. So today, I am breaking up with Starbucks. The money I spend each month on Starbucks could allow me to use the health treatment twice a month instead, which would help me feel better. It is a good possibility that not consuming Starbucks in the first place would help reduce my inflammation. I’m not saying you have to break up with Starbucks…I’m saying I want to. Now my money will be spent on a small company that does good things for a persons health and not a sugar filled drink. I am choosing to support a small business now.

The bummer thing about supporting others is that…not all of them will reciprocate. I am an artist, I paint canvases and some of them sell…but as a writer….I do not seem to get support. Are people too lazy to read? Is it because I have a website and they might have to leave Facebook long enough to look at something else and that just isn’t an option for them? I do have one subscriber to my website, she actually makes comments and I thank her for that. I checkout her website and make comments to her posts. This is what supporting others is about. Maybe if more people would quit scrolling and actually stop, read and type a constructive response instead glossing over or buying things they don’t need, the world we live in would be a better place.

Take some time to support others…the common person…not the big box places…not the famous people…(I’m still confused why people put actors on a pedestal)…not the sports people (again, why do you spend your money on buying stuff to support the NFL? A kazillion dollar entity???). Supporting costs you nothing but time. Turn the TV off, get off Facebook and go support someone properly.

Peace out homies.