April Fool

Where did the month of March go? It’s April already and why did I just hear "March Madness" coming from a sports broadcast, when it’s April already.

I wasn’t going to post today, because I had nothing to fit the topic of April Fool’s Day; but then, the Universe gave me a fool to talk about when I spotted the "I'm sick I need peace and quiet" Karen out in the wild early this morning.

I eventually did see the cat was there and, during the video, you’ll hear me repeat the refrain of a particular song, only I changed a word to "cat".

A gold star and mad respect to the first person who can name that tune.

Though I still would like to see Will Smith’s punishment as loss of his Oscar and future roles, a commentator has me viewing the incident in a different light.

It was said Smith's behavior is not an aberration. That his behavior was so extreme as to indicate it wasn’t unusual, but is a pattern not previously known by the public. The commentator cautioned that we are not to be surprised if previous incidents begin to surface, be talked about, exposed.

Sure enough, that old vid of Smith mocking a bald man resurfaced and now, a prominent actor on the Mohamed Ali set spoke on how cruel, mean, destructive to the career of that actor Smith had been. Not because of anything the actor did, but because someone else pissed Smith off and instead of confronting that person, he instead turned on the actor.

Sound like the same thing Smith did in the slapping incident. He chose Chris’ mild joke as an excuse to assault Chris rather than address all the horrific things others have said about Jada.

I believe it’s called "Projection".

At any rate, I’m now seeing the whole thing as a necessary Times Up for Smith — the Karma train coming around to bite him in the butt, expose who he is, what he's gotten away with.

As a Contemplative, I’m taught and trained to not get caught up in the optics, but to always look for the deeper meaning.

Sadly, I did get caught up in the optics at first, because the optics were so shocking, but now that I’m back to center I can see the deeper meaning.

It’s like the saying I apply to my life when things seem to go wrong — that there’s a cosmic reason for everything. The deeper reason here is the Universe exposing Smith for who he really is. His Times Up moment, Karma Train returning to the station. Stop him from getting worse, as he surely would have, thinking he was now completely invincible because of the Oscar win.

I’m just sorry Chris Rock and the Oscar Ceremony were used as the instruments for Smith's reckoning.