What's going on!

Seriously! The world's biggest commodity is toilet paper! Get a grip, people! I urge you to stop and think! Conserve your energy for hand washing and eating vegetables!! EEEAATT YOUR GREEENS! Nothing will happen! Think positive, breath, and stop buying out toilet paper from the stores! I beg! Sanity Now!

Sophia, March 2020. Acrylic on Panel. 24 x 18

I spend a considerable amount of time on TTC, some would even call it living on the subway. I have to say that travelling on the subway these days is highly entertaining. Apart from the everyday instances of kindness, cute babies, friendly dogs, yummy food aromas, not so yummy stink of the unwashed, kind drivers that wait for you before they close the doors of the train, there is more now!

You have people who wear masks but touch pretty much every surface of the public transportation and will eventually touch their dirty masks. Will they wash their hands, though? Them you have people who wear rubber gloves but not masks. They touch everything with those gloves, their phones, then they go home and take them off, and touch their phones again...hmm, I even saw a person with a plastic overcoat, gloves, goggles and a mask casually strolling with no purpose.

Panic kills more people across the globe than any virus...you can criticise me for this statement but when you look at it, you cant waste time on being scared and act irrationally. Take precaution but live to the fullest with every minute of your life! Life is so beautiful but it is too short to waste it on fear/panic. Take example from our children! Live, play, and repeat!

Karma

It is Saturday evening. My son and I are coming from auditions. My twelve year old son thought he wanted to try what it is like. And I am always all for trying out new things and experiences. Well, we tried it. They sent us home. But we are not sad nor bitter about it. Next time if we feel like it, it will go magnificently!

Reflections 2020

We are sitting on the subway, yellow line going north to Bloor-Yonge Station. Somewhere around Queen Station an old homeless person walks in. He walks along the wagon asking for money for food. But all he gets is negative nodding and avoiding faces. He finally gets to us. "Can you help me with a few cents?" I don't hesitate to reach into my pocket. I know there are two dollars in there. I take it out and hand it to him. He sends me a smile and is ready to leave. But my son stops him. "Wait a minute!" My son puts his hands into both of  his pockets and takes out all the change he has in his jacket. I am not sure, it can't be more than a dollar in small change. The homeless man sends him a loud, "God bless you!" This phrase has a lot of meaning to me. When people say it, and say it with a genuine good energy, I believe, it can bring a lot of goodness to the receiver. I am now thankful to the homeless man for saying so. He game me so much for so little. I am moved. The man stumbles away from us as the train speeds between the subway stations.

All of a sudden, a man sitting a few meters away from us but facing us stands up very energetically. He is looking right at us. He walks towards us, still staring at me and my son. I look at him and his approaching intentions. I study his body language. I know he is coming to us. I look at his left hand. He is holding a rolled up five bucks. He hands it to my son. "Here! Such generous young heart is really hard to find! Keep on growing!" At this point I have tears in my eyes. The best feeling in the world takes over my heart. Not only my son has a good little heart but there are more of people of good faith! TTC is burning with love and positive energy tonight!

We talk about being good and Karma for the rest of the trip home. My life is great!