IImproving Ourselves...Fortune Cookie Wisdom

"There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your ownself. -From a Fortune cookie found at Andy's Chinese "

 

I, like everyone else, have lots of ideas for how the world could be better, and as many of you know I am more than willing to share my insites into the workings of the world with anyone that will listen, and sometimeseven those that don't!  Dealing with the drama of our government, other people's dramas, it is all obvious to me what needds to be done.  I often tell people that it is easy to live someone else's life because as an outsider because we are removed from the emotional baggage that goes along with all that drama.  Be deviod of all that emotional baggage, we are free to be objective, and see things without the clouding of emotions.  Oh without emotional baggage it is simple for us to see how the government should be run, how a merchant ought to run his business, and even how our best friends ought to lead their lives.  As Lilly Tomlin says in "In search of intellegent live in the universe." the trick is not to mind it!

If we applied these ideas to our own lives, not only might we improve ourselves, but we might also realize that we don't have as many answers as we thought.  I have found that it is best to just try and enjoy the mystery of life, give up that false notion that you have any control and just roll with the flow of life, not looking for answers, but enjoying the mystery.

I have also found that if I can be a little more detached in ,my own life, and get off that emotional rollercoaster, try to be more objective, trying to tap into the clear objectivity that makes it so easy to know exactly what someone else should do, and appply those same insights to my own life.

So, I have this to say, my ideas are good ones, but there's no reason anyone else should listen to them.  I realize they have there own ideas of how things should be done, and I can respect this.