At the bar tonight, every screen had some sport on it except for the one I was staring at. Was some dumb screensaver. I said to the bartender, “Hey, can you give me the remote so I can put a movie on?” and he handed it over.
Scrolled through all the streaming apps on the TV; in one app and out to the next. Spent a good five minutes searching for something, some cheese-ball popcorn that’s just perfect for the bar vibe.
What I settled on was “Con Air” (1997). Holy hell, I never realized who all was in it. Hadn’t seen it since the theater in the 90’s. “Fuck, OK, I’ll put it on.” Handed the remote back to the bartender.
Over the next two hours, I heard no less than twenty people behind me in line go, “oh fuck! Is this ‘Con Air’?! This movie is fuckin’ badass! It’s so bad!”
That. That’s what I do with the world. I put energy in and unlock a flood of good vibes. It’s my contribution. I fight the forces of acedia whenever I can. Instead of sitting there with a glass of booze and a boring screensaver above me as I scrolled my phone, I took a chance, took the wheel, and opened up the energy of the universe on a small scale. I had an effect.
We should all have a positive effect on the world. Leave it better than we found it. Even if it’s just putting something on the screen in a bar, someone had a laugh, someone had a better time of it. Somebody found a new home. It’s the least we should do.
Fight entropy, brothers and sisters.