Exceptions are not the rule – Michael Morse

by Michael Morse, contributing writer, commentary

Being a simple person I do my best to keep things simple. I like things neat. Straight lines are great. Circles that meet are pretty good too.

When I say men are stronger than women, I mean it, knowing full well that some men are not as strong as some women.

When I say men shouldn’t be playing in women’s sporting events I mean it. I’m not concerned with the outlier, no matter how fully he is convinced that he is a woman.

I know that to deport all of the people living here illegally some very good people will get deported.

I believe that a lot of mandatory childhood vaccinations are not in the best interest of a newborn while fully aware that there were 1200 cases of the measles virus this year.

I know that there are more guns than people in the United States, and that a miniscule number of those guns are used to murder.

I’m well aware that our climate is changing, and somewhere on earth the hottest day on record is being experienced.

Our collective obsession with the pedantic, fueled by the isolation of social media is driving us crazy. Aberrations to the normal flow of things have happened since the beginning of time, and us people never knew, so enmeshed we were in our daily routines. Now, thanks to the ever present news cycle and subsequent commentary we ignore the rather mundane occurrances in our lives and get emotionally invested in things that have absolutely zero effect on our journey.

A fortunate person spends 90% of their waking hours participating in boring routine. We wake, shower, clean up, forage for food, try for a little romance, walk the dog, work, eat again, do boring things that need doing then do it all over. If we can squeak 10% out of our day for fun, that is a good day.

Until the doom watch begins. Now, that 10% is sacrificed to the gods of misery and confrontation, regardless of the fact that our lives are relatively care free and enjoyable, albeit a tad boring. So embrace the routines, find your place in the world and enjoy it, and with any luck, yours will not be the isolated incident that everybody else is obsessed with.

Image of my shed, one day before a freak thunderstorm blew through, tipping over trees, downing branches and cutting power to a lot of the state. And messing up my yard. You probably didn’t hear about it because it was an isolated incident.

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Michael Morse, [email protected], a monthly contributor is a retired Captain with the Providence Fire Department.

Michael Morse spent 23 years as a firefighter/EMT with the Providence Fire Department before retiring in 2013 as Captain, Rescue Co. 5. He is an author of several books, most offering fellow firefighter/EMTs and the general population alike a poignant glimpse into one person’s journey through life, work and hope for the future. He is a Warwick resident.