university of life

The new complacency ... you have done the same thing in the same way for so long that you walk through life as though sleepwalking ... arise , arise , arise! Do something new today that you have wanted to do, but never got around to doing!

The fast pace of out modern plugged in society has had many effects not the least of which is the erosin of common courtesy. The most alarming example of this is the answering of a cell phone when in the company of another person. I consider it very rude when I am at a social ocasion and I am conversing with someone whose cell phone rings and in mid sentence without loosing a beat they answer their cell phone and leave me hanging. When I was a salesfloor Associate trying to help customers on the floor or at a cash register I would experience this phenomena quite often. Picture this: a customer is at a cash register having their items rung through with a line of people behind them who are waiting to pay for their purchases. The customer at the register gets a call on their cell phone. They proceed to take it. All this customer's items are rung up and bagged. I am standing there ready to take their payment. The customer continues to talk on their cell phone and hold up everyone in th...

RESPECT FOR SELF RESPECT FOR OTHERS RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS Simple ... who can do it?

I took an hour walk today. I am usaully fairly sedentary and very out of shape. I did okay by my own standards. What would you do if you still could? If you don't use it you may lose it ... that's the popular saying anyway! You can lose a lot of things in life ... jobs, loved ones, abilities like walking or sight. I have the most general of living wills. Its hard to define those particular limits. At this point in my life I say that as long as I was able to work a T.V. remote, play video games, read a book and surf the internet life would still be worth living. I have never been a "goer". My most pleasurable moments are typically spent in my own company with only my own thoughts to ponder. My life so far has been an interior one.

In this North America place that I live I find that choices are a funny thing. If you have to choose from amongst too many it can potentially become a source of stress. If you have too few choices at your disposal it can become a source of depression. I guess the thing to remember is that you may not like the choices you have to select from, but at least we do have the luxury of choice. When in doubt or when I feel the world at large is pushing me around I find myself choosing to make no choice at all, which ironically is a choice in itself!