January 22

There were many things I didn't like about today. The hits started coming in the early hours, so I took a rapid walk around the Sports Park to try to burn off some of the negative energy. I'm not sure that I felt much better by walk's end, but I did get to see this message and a few others like it as I pounded the path:

There is so much overwhelming negativity in this world --so much cheating, lying, manipulating, hurting-- that we should all do this. Period.

I have no idea who left these chalk messages, but I'm thankful s/he did.