It's gonna be ok!

Life has its niggly things, more for some people than others, like the people in Zimbabwe or Gaza have a lot more to be bummed about than I do. Anyone who knows me will know that I’m a huge cynic and I moan and groan about most things in life, not about things that have happened to me, more like things that the world is doing, I like to scoff and roll my eyes at the world and this fills in the bored patches in my day.

I do however have a low level of self pity. Don’t get me wrong I feel down in the dumps sometimes, but not very often. I have acquired this cynical outlook on life over long periods of sickness and recovery, when you have skimmed death's ball hairs as many times as I have then the world starts to feel a lot less important and you gravitate towards the simple things and your understanding of the worlds chaos starts to diminish.

The above cartoon is a reflection on this state of mind. Schnozz’s head it detached from his body (the world) and although he is still under a black cloud of obvious negativity, he is smiling and reassuring himself of the okayness of the situation. I have felt like this on numerous occasions, but for some reason I always look for the okayness in life... “It’s gonna be ok, I have Jenna”, “It’s gonna be ok, my family loves me”, “It’s gonna be ok, I can still hear, see, taste, touch and feel”, “It’s gonna be ok, people are still making great films and writing great books”, “It’s gonna be ok, at least I’m not a poor Zimbabwean or Gazan or any other hungry, cold, unloved person” etc…