[ Cafe Tamburo on Substack] Did You Catch That?

https://maritamburo.substack.com/p/did-you-catch-that

A Celebration and a Reminder

Did you watch the Obama Center Celebration? We watched bits and pieces in real time, and replayed some clips. 

Jennifer Hudson has some pipes and stays on pitch 99.9% of the time. A beautiful strong woman. I'd like to pose an analogy. Remember that Jennifer Hudson came in fourth place during the season she participated in American Idol. That was due to the limited number of people who chose to participate in the voting process. When the world at large had the opportunity, she achieved greater success. And we all win every time she does what she does best. 

Think about it. 

Ox, 

Mari 

Basic Human Needs

Sometimes I wonder why I bother commenting on social media, because it's inevitable that at least one person will take what I write out of context, especially if that person is in an emotionally vulnerable state. 

Having "been there" before, I make sure to take a breath, not take what they said personally, and consider the source. More often than not, a misunderstanding is an opportunity to open up the lines of communication a bit further. 

Recent instance: a certain person just became a trillionaire. Dan Rather wrote on his Substack about it, and being a person who observes people and patterns, and having observed more than a few patterns on this particular subject, made a comment something to the effect that the richer a person's life is, the less money and material wealth they desire. 

I'm paraphrasing because I'm writing this on my phone, and if I go back to check my exact wording, I might lose this post, so bear with me here. 

Anyway, someone made a comment that read like an attack. I asked for clarification, because I wanted to make sure that their comment was a response to my comment. I was a bit confused, because I could not believe that this person -- who does not know me at all -- read my comment, took offense, and decided to make a snap judgment about my beliefs. 

So, after they confirmed that yes, they were indeed referring to my comment, I took another breath, asked them to please read my comment again in context. And instead of getting defensive and trying to explain myself, I decided to share something that needs so much more sharing than it has already had. 

So I'm sharing again here. 

https://open.substack.com/pub/maritamburo/p/basic-human-needs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=13o6e

Thank goodness for music. 

Ox, 

Mari