What Happened?
Snake biting it’s tail.
Lives and markets fluctuate.
All is well for some.
Others, like Elvis, have left the building.
Existence is change: embrace it.
Notice the growth and the decay.
Forever intertwined.
The End Is Near!
… but so is The Beginning.
– Joe
While out walking after a rare southern California rain, I glanced down and saw a hapless worm who had managed to make it halfway across the sidewalk before expiring. This is that worm’s epic saga:
The Tragic Tale of WorMagellan
It was a lovely spring day on the grassy yards of FrontLawnia. All was quiet in the loamy underground court of the King and Queen, when in burst a stranger with the piercing look of a seasoned traveler.
He was WorMagellan, a crackpot known well in royal circles as one who believed the sidewalk was round. “Absurd!”, said the King. “Poppycock!”, agreed the Queen, “Everyone knows the sidewalk is flat!”.
“I’ll prove the sidewalk is not flat by circumnavigating it!”, bellowed WorMagellan.
And so, WorMagellan bided his time. He prepared and planned and watched and waited. When the rains came, and the sidewalk tides were just right, he embarked upon his epic journey!
… Unfortunately, he was wrong.
The End.
You have the right to be stupid.
You have the right to believe that wishing is as good, or better than, doing.
You have the right to be willfully ignorant when exposed to factual evidence that contradicts your long-held notions.
… and I have the right to ignore you.
Rights go hand-in-hand with Responsibilities.
Freedom has consequences.
Change your perception, and your view of the world will change.
The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.
– William James