I know times are tough and there's a lot of messed up schist going on in the world, but I'm gonna shift from my normal super serious attitude to address something slightly more important than religion, politics, sports, or even the next year's line of iFails.
And that thing is enjoying life.
Something I see quite often in this world is people stressing out over stuff, especially stuff they can't control. Why? I'm sure you could give me a list of about ten things right off the top of your head, but stop and think, how many of those can you honestly tell me are of world-shattering significance?
No general has ever won a battle by panicking, no great inventor was remembered for being paranoid about people stealing their ideas...well except maybe Edison, but in all fairness he stole about half of his ideas from Tesla. No, what set them apart was their coolness. Their calmness and logic is what made them great.
I know that there's probably a lot going on in your life right now. You're worried about that bill that was late, you're afraid a family member won't be accepting of something you feel or believe in, or maybe you're worried somebody you know has a viewpoint you can't accept. Why worry? Does it do anything? All it does is keep your mind racing too fast to work out the problem and makes you blurt out things you may not mean when crunch time comes and you have to do something.
So relax, chill out, take breather and laugh at life.
I'm not exactly in the best of affairs, but I don't let myself worry over them. I just lean back, take a nice deep breath, and then laugh; because that's all you really can do when there's nothing you can do.
When you laugh at life, suddenly it doesn't seem so bad. It's a great high and doesn't cost a dime. This is something that a lot of people could benefit from, namely people in Washington.
Day in and day out, all I see is worry and mud slinging. I see people going "but he's gonna ruin america" "but he's atheist" "so what if I'm athiest, he's a fundie and wants to kill gays!" Does this really get us anywhere? Is this really how mature adults should act?
Get one thing straight and clear. We all have mud. Every single person on this planet, including you reading this and me writing it has done something they're not proud of. Does it really benefit us to be throwing that mud around like monkeys at the zoo?
I say we don't throw that mud around, we own up to it. We laugh at our problems and worries. We bake that mud down into bricks and make a house we can be proud to call our own, because that's the true mark of being a mature adult.
Being an adult is not the ability to make a good argument, but the capacity to benefit others without needing one.
"Courage is not the lack of fear but the ability to face it."
---- Lt. John B. Putnam Jr. (1921-1944)
And that thing is enjoying life.
Something I see quite often in this world is people stressing out over stuff, especially stuff they can't control. Why? I'm sure you could give me a list of about ten things right off the top of your head, but stop and think, how many of those can you honestly tell me are of world-shattering significance?
No general has ever won a battle by panicking, no great inventor was remembered for being paranoid about people stealing their ideas...well except maybe Edison, but in all fairness he stole about half of his ideas from Tesla. No, what set them apart was their coolness. Their calmness and logic is what made them great.
I know that there's probably a lot going on in your life right now. You're worried about that bill that was late, you're afraid a family member won't be accepting of something you feel or believe in, or maybe you're worried somebody you know has a viewpoint you can't accept. Why worry? Does it do anything? All it does is keep your mind racing too fast to work out the problem and makes you blurt out things you may not mean when crunch time comes and you have to do something.
So relax, chill out, take breather and laugh at life.
I'm not exactly in the best of affairs, but I don't let myself worry over them. I just lean back, take a nice deep breath, and then laugh; because that's all you really can do when there's nothing you can do.
When you laugh at life, suddenly it doesn't seem so bad. It's a great high and doesn't cost a dime. This is something that a lot of people could benefit from, namely people in Washington.
Day in and day out, all I see is worry and mud slinging. I see people going "but he's gonna ruin america" "but he's atheist" "so what if I'm athiest, he's a fundie and wants to kill gays!" Does this really get us anywhere? Is this really how mature adults should act?
Get one thing straight and clear. We all have mud. Every single person on this planet, including you reading this and me writing it has done something they're not proud of. Does it really benefit us to be throwing that mud around like monkeys at the zoo?
I say we don't throw that mud around, we own up to it. We laugh at our problems and worries. We bake that mud down into bricks and make a house we can be proud to call our own, because that's the true mark of being a mature adult.
Being an adult is not the ability to make a good argument, but the capacity to benefit others without needing one.
"Courage is not the lack of fear but the ability to face it."
---- Lt. John B. Putnam Jr. (1921-1944)
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