Take Less Give More

What a concept. The possibility of taking less.
You could give less and take less. Less
They say that less is more.
Looking around I see many addicted to more.
Causes a lot of pain.
Less is OK
Less can even be good.

My business is fine. But when I get a vacant apartment I lower my price. It gets filled fast that way. I can take less. It is OK.
Stubborn people who won't take less. They cause a lot of trouble.

Be willing to take less.
Be happy taking less.
And let some things just fall away.

Truth is
You have more than enough.
You have always had more than enough.

Take A Step Back And See The Truth

Remember that old picture of the whole earth from space.
No borders

One beautiful blue jewel of a planet.

Get some perspective on your own life.
Get some perspective on the life of your community.

Take a step back and see the unity.
All is one.
And it is a beautiful jewel.

A good cosmos

Fairness Yields Peace

Perception is reality.
If people perceive unfairness, then they get upset.
They have minds that find unfairness. But is there any real unfairness in the world?
Most would say, OF COURSE THERE IS UNFAIRNESS!

And thus we do not have peace.

But think it all the way through and you can see the world as totally fair. Then you have peace of mind.
Is it true that the world is totally fair?
Yes, it is the truth.

Nothing to be upset about. The world is totally fair always. It must be.
And we are totally free. Our world is our choice.

Nothing to be angry about.
Fairness leads to peace.
And the world is a fair place. It is all fair. It is all just.
Choose peace!

Business Is Good

Tuesday night we went out to dinner in Cambria, CA.
We went into Linn's. It was crowded. People were waiting. We waited almost 40 minutes for a table for four.
The food was good.
The desserts were wonderful.

Business is good.
40 minute wait on a Tuesday night.

Get Ready For 2% Growth

Somehow we have gotten the idea that the economy can grow at a 3% to 5% rate.
But that rate of growth tends to be inflationary and harmful. We live in such tremendous abundance right now that we could be fine with no growth at all or even with a decline.

But people are addicted to growth. They go crazy if growth does not continually accelerate.

Policymakers need to understand that rapid growth is not going to happen. Policy must be adjusted for an expectation of 2% growth. Depending on higher growth will cause some very bad trouble. I read that the federal deficit increases out of control at less than 4% growth. The feds need to face reality and live more prudently.

Times are good. But living beyond your means always leads to trouble.

There Oughta Be A Law

Too many laws
proliferation of laws
laws nobody knows and nobody understands
laws that need to be tested in court
and one judge says one thing and then another says something else
why do we need so many laws?
they have been making laws for hundreds of years but they always need to be making more
there is always some new crisis or problem and the answer is more law

but we have been trying that for a long time
and apparently it does not work very well

we need a new approach

how about a moratorium on new laws
we should learn to live with the laws we have
could they really be so bad and so in need of change?

Bad Day For Bears

First trading day of August got off with a bang. DOW over 10,600.
I'm still standing by my prediction of DOW 12,000 by Thanksgiving.
Looks pretty easy from here. 350 points a month will do it. Earnings are good. Interest rates are low. The bears should be exhausted.
And the truth is the economy is very good. This is a good economy with slack that can grow easily without shortages and bottlenecks.
Virtuous
Reasonable
Positive
Happy