JMFK (MF = My Friend)

Do You Remember He-Man/Voltron/Tranformers/Thundercats/Blackstarr/Go-Bots/Silverhawks I was reminiscing with a friend, who is about my age, on 80's cartoons. Some we still remembered vividly and others we had to google. You will note above that I listed several  mainstream cartoons and there knock-off counterparts. Not that the knock-off's were bad, but they didn't have the same success. Anyway what I wanted to get to is how looking at these cartoons now they seem so diffrent. Things I didn't pick up on as a kid I see now. As a child it was so easy to be amazed and dazzled by the colors and action. The characters doing amazing things. Now that I am older its hard not to analyze and find the faults in the writing and see how bad some of the animation is, including reuse of footage from old episodes spliced into new ones. To see messages they were trying to feed my mind. Not to say they were bad messages or become some kind of conspiracy theorist, but looking at it ...

ON THE SURFACE      We walk by each other with barely a glance. We talk to each other with preprogrammed "How are you doings". We convince ourselves that we know people, and also that we know ourselves. How can we, as long as we keep up wearing mask and costumes. Life is more than just a masquerade. I'm scared just like everyone else to reveal my true self, but if I don't dare to overcome my fear why should anyone else. I can't criticize others for what I won't do myself. Time to look past the surface.

Once again I'm watching the Olympics and something happens that sets my mind on fire. I was blown away to see Wade VanNey Kirk not only win the 400, but also break the world record! He did it from lane eight which means he had no one to key off the whole time. He had to stay in his lane and run his race. In life there are times we seemingly have no one to look to, to let us know what to do or how we are doing. We just have to run the race the way we know how to with everything we have looking forward toward the finish line and not back at the people and situations that are behind us.

I was watching the mens 10K final on the olympics last night and I must say I am inspired by Mo'Farah's run. It was the personification of getting knocked down, but getting right back up. In life we need to take this same approach as it is clearly taken in sport. Like the 10K life is a long race and you might still be in it to win it, as long as you get up after every knockdown life throws your way. #StayInTheRace If you missed it here is a link to the race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3W7v6SAL3s