Not BAD Just different

Thinking about the economy however there is no such thing just a bunch of individual experiences
But things have changed and the cry goes up and out that it is worse or bad or on the wrong track
You can’t have your cake and eat it too
So you can have a higher minimum wage but with that will come a higher unemployment rate no need to deny it. It is just a tradeoff.
We make choices all the time to have the cake or to eat it. Neither is a bad choice, you just can’t have both.
So the economy is not bad now. It is just different. And everyone is really OK. We are moving in a more peaceful direction. I prefer the cool economy rather than the hot economy. We can all take it easy and be happy and healthy and less driven and manic. So I prefer this “bad” economy. It isn’t really bad.

Affirmation Balance Chi

I love the sky
I love the earth
my CHI is always in perfect balance
flowing freely
through the infinite void
and the clear light

I am the sky
I am the earth
my CHI is always in perfect balance
flowing freely
through the infinite void
and the clear light

there is no sky
there is no earth
there is no CHI
there is no me

Ah!
Oh!
Ummmmm!

Stepping In Poop

Assume our goal is to make it through each day without stepping in poop.

Ways to do that

1. do not walk at all

2. check thoroughly for poop and pick it all up or remember where it is and avoid it.

3. be constantly vigilant for poop and avoid it

4. never walk in the dark or step where you cannot see

5. never assume there is no poop

6. in spite of your best efforts every once in a while you will step in poop

7. don't walk around places where you know there is a lot of poop (if you must go where there is a lot of poop be extra careful)

8. if you are doing a lot of things all at once you are more likely to step in poop

9. if anyone tells you there is no poop, don't believe them

10. you may discover that you have a perverse desire to step in poop. You need to work on that.

11. go ahead and step in it you can probably clean it up

Well Of It

Have you ever heard anybody say, "I'm well of it."?

This morning on my jog I overheard a little girl shouting, "I'm sick of it!"

I think I get it. People get sick because of something going on in their environment, because of how they are treated by others.

But do people also get well from their environment or from the people around them?

I'm well of you.
I'm well of politics.
I'm well of the news.
I'm well of all the whining and bickering and complaining.

I'm well of how you treat me.
I'm well of all the love that surrounds me.

I'm well of the beautiful sunrise and all the beautiful music.

I'm well of it.

Who Is Corrupt?

Nobody

we are all innocent

we are all innocent

nobody is corrupt

there is no corruption

everyone is just trying to do their best, what they think is the right thing to do

if they fail, it is not corruption
it is ignorance
it is error

let us forgive one another

I FORGIVE

Internet Pessimism

Where have all the optimists gone?
Long time passing?

So many are so pessimistic nowadays.
Maybe it has always been that way.
Maybe we just hear more of it now because it it so easy to post a negative comment somewhere on the internet.

I don't really understand what all the fuss is about.
Things are clearly getting better all the time.

I see it in my neighborhood.
People are always busy making improvements. Down the block a big remodel is going on.
And a vacant house got renovated and a new tenant moved in. And across the street a house is for sale and I am sure some great people will be moving in before long.

And another house is in escrow. All this on just my block.
Everywhere people are busy and diligently making improvements. That is reality.

But there are the people who say " the world is headed for a brick wall."

I think those pessimists are lacking perspective. They are not seeing the big picture.
I love my new car. It is a great car. And it was not expensive. And it gets great miles per gallon. And it looks good!
People keep buying new cars and new everything. Things are cooking!
What are the pessimists looking at?

I see it like this.
If a guy makes a million dollars, he has a lot more than he used to.
He is better off.
But if he then loses half of it, he goes nuts!
But with perspective he would realize that he was still better off than he was before he made the million.

And really, we have not lost that much
the economy is only a little smaller than it was at the peak.
And we are swimming in wealth.
The biggest problem is overconsumption, that is why so many people are too fat!

But you just can't argue with the nabobs of negativity. They see the world as they see it.

But it is possible and reasonable to be positive about things.

I Believe In People

And the main reason I am bullish on the long term is that I believe in people. People are creative and adaptable. They can overcome any obstacle. They have a lot of desire. Animal spirits. Progress. Innovation. It's getting better all the time.

People are great
have a little perspective
look at all the great new stuff
the new cars, computers, phones, etc.
so much really cool stuff

where does it come from?

it comes from PEOPLE

I BELIEVE IN PEOPLE

there is progress, there is such a thing as progress
things are getting better
don't believe the people who say things are getting worse
it just isn't so!