Last week I was feeling great! This week, not so much. Oh how things can change.

Despite the cacophony of negativity coming from our “news” and social media, I’m optimistic about the future. I have lived long enough to know things turn around and get better, especially if you retain a positive outlook.

I need to find a way to get more sunlight onto my skin and ocean air into my lungs. It’s way better than sitting at home wondering where my next form of income will be and when it will arrive.

Looking up at a mountain is infinitely more pleasing than hearing multiple reports of doom and gloom from the CDC, WHO, De Blasio, Cuomo and that other guy in the White House.

I’m going to watch and observe this historical moment and say to my grandkids, “Yeah, I remember March of 2020.” I’m still doing my best to be good to people even though the more I read, the less likely I can live up to that motto.

I only wish my longtime plan of living near mountains and the pacific had been implemented a few years back. Life would be a little more pleasant.

Until then, I’m staying positive.

Clayton Craddock is an independent thinker, father of two beautiful children in New York City. He is the drummer of the hit broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Howard University’s School of Business and is a 25 year veteran of the fast paced New York City music scene. He has played drums in a number of hit Broadway musicals including “Tick, tick…BOOM!,Altar Boyz, Memphis The Musical and Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar and Grill. In addition, Clayton has worked on: Footloose, Motown, The Color Purple, Rent, Little Shop of Horrors, Evita, Cats, and Avenue Q.

Clayton is the chair of the New York chapter of the National Parents Organization and is focused on promoting shared parenting, where both parents have equal standing raising children after a separation or divorce. He is writing a memoir and writes for various local and national publications.

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