You know that old cliche that hope springs eternal? You know what else springs eternal. Stupid! In my opinion stupid sprung eternal first. Hope followed a distant second. A very close third would be the hope that stupid is only a temporary state. I think we can all agree that stupid has not been a temporary state. It has clung to us like the funk which we attempt to hide covertly. Nobody is fooled. We…
I was having lunch with some coworkers and the topic of poverty came up. You have that look of pity on your face. I understand. I shouldn’t discuss these sorts of topics with people whom I might offend. I’m a masochist. I know it. But I did. So deal with it. Someone had inferred that most of people in poverty earned their poverty. It was stated implicitly that the poor in general lacked the will…
“After enlightenment, chop wood.” That’s a saying by a probably long forgotten Buddhist. His saying lives on though. The truism that success brings it’s own set of problems is very viable. I recently came across a corollary. Extended success without failure leads one to believe one is incapable of failure. We all know this is NOT the case. I recently fell into this trap, though a bit of arrogance and complacency didn’t help my cause…
Some of you will meet a person in your life with such potential that you envy them for what they possess. Something in between tangible and intangible. Almost there, but not yet done. I had a friend who was one of the more memorable people in my life. She was outgoing, creative and had a great sense of style. She was also an all-around good drinking partner. The woman could down alcohol in quantities I couldn’t match.…
I can’t really say with absolute certainty, but I would venture that many people have a taste for pop music that they wouldn’t ordinarily admit. I remember during one particular moment in my adolescence one on my peers denigrating another for listening to a musical group that was deemed unfashionable. Of course, I, like all of my peers at that time lacking anything remotely close to originality or a spine, did nothing to defend the…