2010... how awkward to say; not as easy to say '10 as it was '09. Should it be spelled out as in 'two thousand ten' or what? Probably, in the big scheme of things, it just doesn't matter, eh?
I don't make resolutions. Well, let me rephrase that: I don't make a concentrated effort to list a bunch of resolutions that I know I'm not going to keep or probably even work on. I do tend to keep in my mind the things I would like to improve about myself, in addition to relationships with others, and my job.
I've never been big with goal setting. Maybe that's why at my age I'm floundering around. There are two schools of thought on that, one being that things happen as and when they are supposed to and we are masters of our own destiny.
I seem to fall some place in the middle of those.
Maybe the whole failure to write down goals is the fear of failure or could it be an intelligent choice on my part to know I don't need them because of the aforementioned "keep them in my mind" thing? Nah, that's probably just a fluke LOL
It is nice to start off the new year with goals or wishes or hopes; makes it seem like we have a clean slate with none of the past clogging up our dreams.
Since I can't seem to find anything to do to amuse myself in the way of The hobbies that I like to do, I certainly don't have a job yet to keep me busy, maybe my goal should be to blog more often. If I do that, however, I will have to curtail my propensity to "proof" my blogs and risk not liking what I write and trashing the whole thing.
I don't get very many comments, which is probably a good thing because if any of the comments leaned toward criticism, I would probably ditch this in a heartbeat.
So it's decided! I shall write more often and perhaps concentrate more on quality than quantity.
Don't touch that dial! We'll be back to our regularly scheduled program.... Oops, wrong venue :)
Monday, January 4, 2010
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Had too much Christmas cheer?
1. You know you have if you... notice your tie sticking out of your fly. 2. Someone uses your tongue for a coaster. 3. You start kissing the portraits on the wall. 4. You see your underwear hanging from the dining room light. 5. You have to hold on to the floor to keep from sliding off. 6. You see three cigarettes and light your nose. 7. You take off your shoes and wade in the dog and cats water bowls. 8. You hear a duck quacking, and it 's you,I do this sober,but usually blame it on Sammie. 9. You complain about the small bathroom after emerging from the closet. 10. You refill your glass from the aquarium. 11. You tell everyone you have to go home... and the party's at your place. 12. You ask for another ice cube and put it in your pocket. 13. You talk to the biggest bore in the room... and realize you 're in front of the hall mirror. 14. You pick up a roll, and butter your watch. 15. You take out your handkerchief and blow your ear. 16. You tell your best joke to the dog. 17. You realize you 're the only one under the coffee table.18.cook breakfast on the woodstove because you do not want to mess up the stove and hear about it later. These are from personal experience. Funny, years later, but still not funny to the ones who love you,or used to love you....
Hello everyone!
Hello to all whom which will read this.
At the suggestion of my beloved better half Sammie, I have moved some of the blogs that I have written on myspace to this destination in worldwide web infinity. This is why the composition dates all co-incide with one another, just in case you are wondering.I wish you all a very merry Christmas and a very,very proserous new year!
Lots of love,
Ed,A.K.A the fat polish kid......
At the suggestion of my beloved better half Sammie, I have moved some of the blogs that I have written on myspace to this destination in worldwide web infinity. This is why the composition dates all co-incide with one another, just in case you are wondering.I wish you all a very merry Christmas and a very,very proserous new year!
Lots of love,
Ed,A.K.A the fat polish kid......
Have you looked in the mirror lately?
When I ask you "Have you looked at yourself in the mirror lately"? I dont mean for you to look and say...."Oh my, I am overwieght, I have a big nose, I wish I had bigger *****, I wish I wasnt so tall. my teeth are crooked, Im too pale, and so on.....you get the picture. What I mean is look past all of the outer qaulities and dig deeper till you find the inner qaulities in yourself. What does it look like now that you are staring face to face at it? Is it filled with radiance and beauty that follows you wherever you go.....spreading from person to person leaving them with a smile from ear to ear. Meaning...are you kind and loving that no matter who you meet(even a scrooge) you leave them with a smile apon your face? Do you make a impact on others lives each day that you breathe? Are you living your life to the fullest with absolute satisfaction to who you are? Or do you make others cry and hurt inside with each word you make? Are you a jealous creature that destroys everything in its path? Or are you just barely gliding through life with out any goals or expectations? Whatever your reflection is...the question I ask you my dear friend..........ARE YOU HAPPY....ARE YOU PROUD OF WHO YOU HAVE BECOME?
A fine line between words and weapons....
I hear a lot of talk no matter where I'm at. I hear folks that are law
biding citizens (and most financially stable) talk about the stuff they
hear on the news, or things they read in the paper. "OMG did you here
about that armed robbery! Or what about that poor clerk that was shot!
Man, they need to drag these criminals out back and shoot em!" Then I
hear all the crap about politics and the B.S. the government is doing
and what not. These same law biding citizens will talk behind the back
of fellow humans in such a way that is totally uncalled for, and
sometimes even say hurtful things to a person's face! They don't stop
and think or maybe not even care about what their doing to this person
emotionally! Then they b&tch about politics and then turn around and
impose their own kind of politics on you! Well, let's talk about
weapons of crime. We got your guns, knives, brass knuckles, ball bats,
blackjacks, tazers. Do I really need to go on? You can picture in your
mind the crimes committed with these weapons. I had a revelation! Not
to compare law biding citizens to criminals, but what about crimes
against humanity?! What about crimes against the heart?! I don't think
people realize or even care how words can hurt someone! That's right; I
think you know where I'm going with this. Are not words and attitudes
weapons? I would say positively yes! Sadly though, each and every one
of us harbors those types of weapons in our soul. It seems to be in our
nature to want to hurt one another! Is there no way to break this
trend? Are humans truly a lost cause? I don't know, that's why I'm
asking! When you, for no good reason poke fun at somebody, you are
using a weapon. When you lay your B.S. politics on somebody, you are
using a weapon. When you’re out of line with your attitude and say
hurtful things to a person, YOU ARE USING A WEAPON!!!!!!!!!!! To the
self righteous, rather than using your words and attitudes as weapons
and hurting others around you, or judging every one around you THINKING
that you're better, why not take some time out each day as I have and sit
in judgment on yourself!
biding citizens (and most financially stable) talk about the stuff they
hear on the news, or things they read in the paper. "OMG did you here
about that armed robbery! Or what about that poor clerk that was shot!
Man, they need to drag these criminals out back and shoot em!" Then I
hear all the crap about politics and the B.S. the government is doing
and what not. These same law biding citizens will talk behind the back
of fellow humans in such a way that is totally uncalled for, and
sometimes even say hurtful things to a person's face! They don't stop
and think or maybe not even care about what their doing to this person
emotionally! Then they b&tch about politics and then turn around and
impose their own kind of politics on you! Well, let's talk about
weapons of crime. We got your guns, knives, brass knuckles, ball bats,
blackjacks, tazers. Do I really need to go on? You can picture in your
mind the crimes committed with these weapons. I had a revelation! Not
to compare law biding citizens to criminals, but what about crimes
against humanity?! What about crimes against the heart?! I don't think
people realize or even care how words can hurt someone! That's right; I
think you know where I'm going with this. Are not words and attitudes
weapons? I would say positively yes! Sadly though, each and every one
of us harbors those types of weapons in our soul. It seems to be in our
nature to want to hurt one another! Is there no way to break this
trend? Are humans truly a lost cause? I don't know, that's why I'm
asking! When you, for no good reason poke fun at somebody, you are
using a weapon. When you lay your B.S. politics on somebody, you are
using a weapon. When you’re out of line with your attitude and say
hurtful things to a person, YOU ARE USING A WEAPON!!!!!!!!!!! To the
self righteous, rather than using your words and attitudes as weapons
and hurting others around you, or judging every one around you THINKING
that you're better, why not take some time out each day as I have and sit
in judgment on yourself!
Human potential
Human potential is the best options a person has to benefit the world.
Many see human potential as a personal goal. Personal potential. What am I personally capable of? This way of thought gives people ambitions that are mutually exclusive and impossible to reconcile with the ambitions of others. Keep in mind that there are a limited amount of resources at any given time.
We can't all be rich. For some to be rich, there must be others that are poor. So that some can have more than enough, there must be others that starve.
We can't all be famous. For some to have attention focused on them, the focus must come from everyone else.
We can't all be masters. For some to be masters, there must also be slaves.
People tend to blame greed for this predicament. I think there is a better explanation. There is, current in our society, a motivation to maintain and enhance favorable views of oneself. A placing of oneself at the center of his or her world. An excessive love of one's person that leads to unsustainable levels of vanity and selfishness.
It's almost as if we as a society have never grown up. Somehow, by having all our needs met, we've come to the conclusion that our wants are our needs and that our desires must also be met to survive. That it is automatically a good idea to try and obtain everything that we want without thinking. We are a society of spoiled brats.
Alternatively, Mature thinking follows that "we" are more important than "me". If I'm focused on me, I can't be focused on us, but if I am focused on us, I am also included in that focus. Doing what's best for "us" is a way to benefit myself without compromising the other.
Another problem with seeing human potential as chiefly personal is that there is no end to a person's individual potential. If your goal in life is to have money, how much is enough? If your goal is power, how much is enough? If your goal is love, if your goal is knowledge, if your goal is inner peace, if your goal is stuff, How much is enough? Where does it end?
"My goal is raising a family."
That's a good goal. It takes the emphasis off yourself. But how many people have a stated goal, an explicit goal, when their true goal is safety and comfort.
"I want to be safe and comfortable so I can raise my family."
How safe do you want to be? How comfortable do you want to be?
Is there such a thing as absolute safety? Absolute comfort?
Safety is the illusion of safety. The truth is, we could die suddenly at any time.
Experiencing comfort primes the mind to expect comfort. That which is a comfort one day, is a necessity the next.
There is no clear end to personal ambition. It ends with unlimited power by one individual. Unlimited personal ambition leads to concentration of power in those that already have power. It's as if society is a giant pyramid scheme, but one that hasn't been thought through to the end.
The people in charge that started civilization, (long dead), had the power to organize society along lines that benefited chiefly themselves, others like them and their children.
This is the class based society.
If you are born into power: lucky you!
If you are born without power: believe in reincarnation!
The newly moneyed masses saw the value of being included in such a scheme and fought for greater rights of participation. The pyramid of society started to wobble. The balance was gone. The ones in power then had to compromise to maintain their dominance.
Democracy was born.
Rule according to popular opinion.
Some opinions are more popular than others.
This doesn't mean they are more right.
Democracy takes a lot of thought into the field of psychology to work, (that is, produce the effect you want). The product of working to discover the psychological basis for opinions is a limited ability to influence opinions. The byproduct is commercialism: the manipulation of opinions for profit, the effect of which is concentration of power in those that have the ability to appeal to psychology.
Unless you have the money to support a huge marketing division, your ideas are little more than a shot in the dark. You have no idea if they're going to stick. This very manifesto is similar to a shot in the dark. I had no test audience to analyze the efficacy of the message. There are no fancy colors and pictures. No meaningless statistics. 5 out of 5 doctors don't agree with it. It isn't sold at "rock bottom prices!" or "One day only!". I'm working off pure faith that these ideas are good enough to spread. Before the internet, I wouldn't have believe it was possible. Now that information can be transported anywhere in the world without having to buy airtime and a charismatic host, it could be possible for an idea like this to spread to the entire world.
Many see human potential as a personal goal. Personal potential. What am I personally capable of? This way of thought gives people ambitions that are mutually exclusive and impossible to reconcile with the ambitions of others. Keep in mind that there are a limited amount of resources at any given time.
We can't all be rich. For some to be rich, there must be others that are poor. So that some can have more than enough, there must be others that starve.
We can't all be famous. For some to have attention focused on them, the focus must come from everyone else.
We can't all be masters. For some to be masters, there must also be slaves.
People tend to blame greed for this predicament. I think there is a better explanation. There is, current in our society, a motivation to maintain and enhance favorable views of oneself. A placing of oneself at the center of his or her world. An excessive love of one's person that leads to unsustainable levels of vanity and selfishness.
It's almost as if we as a society have never grown up. Somehow, by having all our needs met, we've come to the conclusion that our wants are our needs and that our desires must also be met to survive. That it is automatically a good idea to try and obtain everything that we want without thinking. We are a society of spoiled brats.
Alternatively, Mature thinking follows that "we" are more important than "me". If I'm focused on me, I can't be focused on us, but if I am focused on us, I am also included in that focus. Doing what's best for "us" is a way to benefit myself without compromising the other.
Another problem with seeing human potential as chiefly personal is that there is no end to a person's individual potential. If your goal in life is to have money, how much is enough? If your goal is power, how much is enough? If your goal is love, if your goal is knowledge, if your goal is inner peace, if your goal is stuff, How much is enough? Where does it end?
"My goal is raising a family."
That's a good goal. It takes the emphasis off yourself. But how many people have a stated goal, an explicit goal, when their true goal is safety and comfort.
"I want to be safe and comfortable so I can raise my family."
How safe do you want to be? How comfortable do you want to be?
Is there such a thing as absolute safety? Absolute comfort?
Safety is the illusion of safety. The truth is, we could die suddenly at any time.
Experiencing comfort primes the mind to expect comfort. That which is a comfort one day, is a necessity the next.
There is no clear end to personal ambition. It ends with unlimited power by one individual. Unlimited personal ambition leads to concentration of power in those that already have power. It's as if society is a giant pyramid scheme, but one that hasn't been thought through to the end.
The people in charge that started civilization, (long dead), had the power to organize society along lines that benefited chiefly themselves, others like them and their children.
This is the class based society.
If you are born into power: lucky you!
If you are born without power: believe in reincarnation!
The newly moneyed masses saw the value of being included in such a scheme and fought for greater rights of participation. The pyramid of society started to wobble. The balance was gone. The ones in power then had to compromise to maintain their dominance.
Democracy was born.
Rule according to popular opinion.
Some opinions are more popular than others.
This doesn't mean they are more right.
Democracy takes a lot of thought into the field of psychology to work, (that is, produce the effect you want). The product of working to discover the psychological basis for opinions is a limited ability to influence opinions. The byproduct is commercialism: the manipulation of opinions for profit, the effect of which is concentration of power in those that have the ability to appeal to psychology.
Unless you have the money to support a huge marketing division, your ideas are little more than a shot in the dark. You have no idea if they're going to stick. This very manifesto is similar to a shot in the dark. I had no test audience to analyze the efficacy of the message. There are no fancy colors and pictures. No meaningless statistics. 5 out of 5 doctors don't agree with it. It isn't sold at "rock bottom prices!" or "One day only!". I'm working off pure faith that these ideas are good enough to spread. Before the internet, I wouldn't have believe it was possible. Now that information can be transported anywhere in the world without having to buy airtime and a charismatic host, it could be possible for an idea like this to spread to the entire world.
Something learned
If there is one thing...
I have learned, things are not always what they seem to be...We sometimes only see the surface of things because we don't get to see what is going on deeper... Sometimes we think that people that appear to have it all must have the most amazing lives and sometimes that is true, but sometimes that is far from being the truth ... I've always tried to look beyond appearances... It's not about the house that someone lives in or the car they drive or the clothes they were...That is only camouflage... Sometimes those are things that people hide behind because of a myriad of reasons... Does someone's pocket book make them more appealing than someone that lives a more modest lifestyle?...Does someone that knows all about the latest trends or all the posh new places more interesting than someone that enjoys the simplicity of life and can appreciate nature... Sometimes we get caught up in appearances only to realize that it is only appearance, it has nothing to do with the true nature of that person...
I have learned, things are not always what they seem to be...We sometimes only see the surface of things because we don't get to see what is going on deeper... Sometimes we think that people that appear to have it all must have the most amazing lives and sometimes that is true, but sometimes that is far from being the truth ... I've always tried to look beyond appearances... It's not about the house that someone lives in or the car they drive or the clothes they were...That is only camouflage... Sometimes those are things that people hide behind because of a myriad of reasons... Does someone's pocket book make them more appealing than someone that lives a more modest lifestyle?...Does someone that knows all about the latest trends or all the posh new places more interesting than someone that enjoys the simplicity of life and can appreciate nature... Sometimes we get caught up in appearances only to realize that it is only appearance, it has nothing to do with the true nature of that person...
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