Someone has to be it

I call it negative inspiration.

You know how you meet someone or read a story about someone amazing who has triumphed in life despite incredible tragedy. Yeah, this isn’t it.

Negative inspiration is like your mom telling you to eat your broccoli because there’s starving children in Africa. Except negative inspiration is better because it’s real.

I mean no disrespect to the children of Africa, starving or otherwise, but something happening to a friend or family member or neighbor or your regular checker at the grocery store, those things are real.

I’m certain it makes me a bad person or conside...