All natural is the ideal it seems. Vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, meat, and milk are pretty natural foods.
Sure, sour lollies are fun to eat, but they really are manufactured. Planes are also manufactured, because humans can’t fly naturally, like birds.
So many people want to encourage everyone else to eat, live, and be more natural. Unfortunately, many of these same folks want to eat, live and be manufactured, man-made or unnatural.
Why is that?
It is easy to dismiss work as hard, boring, dirty, tiring or dismal. This is not a helpful way to look at things. Check yourself if this is the only way you see work, as you may lean to the negative, which you may want to adjust.
Work can also be interesting, fun, enjoyable, creative, confidence-building and energising.
How you see it is in part how you see things generally and also what it is. You can change what you do and you can change how you see things, so don’t delay in making some changes.
Not making plans can lead to disaster, or at least a less fulfilling life. Making plans and not following them could be quite frustrating as you neglect your dreams and don’t reach your own expectations.
If you have an exciting vision, make a plan to get there and follow the plan, you are very likely to achieve it. Now go give it a try!
Sometimes things don’t go as planned. Things change and you need to adapt. It can be good change, or less so, but either way you are on a new path. Make the most of every change.
Live in the moment. I take a lot of pictures, but I rarely go back to them. Even if I did, would I want to relive all 70,000 moments? It’s like reliving my life while pausing what is happening now for several years!
(Assume 5 seconds to see, on average, each photo. That’s 3 years of 40 hour work weeks to see all the shots. That does not include video.)
And then what do you do with these when you pass? Your children might want a few pictures of you and them in them and that’s it.
Then do you bin or delete all those pics after years of taking them?
Maybe our maker did a better job preparing for this. Only really important memories are kept. The rest disappear. And when you pass, they all go with you.
Think about that. And live in the moment.
Life is precious. A bullet missing a major organ by millimetres can mean you’re alive. A few unfortunate words or good ones in the wrong order could see you in jail for several years.
Misrepresenting the real situation by changing a word, tense or emphasis, could mean certain death, jail or freedom.
Life is full of fine lines. Cross them at your peril. Push things too far and the Universe will snap back. The French Revolution, a ball thrown in the air, or playing with a dog and going one step too far, are all examples of limits being crossed and the (natural) consequences.
Understand where the line is and was, and then adjust quickly, before it’s too late.
The media and many people spend too much time on the wrong 1%. Focusing on the wealthiest 1% generally breeds jealousy, envy, greed and contempt. Who does that really help?
The 1% we should be focusing on is the 1% that has a criminal element. And that should be the sole metric. If they do criminal activity, you throw the book at them. Only those that consistently demonstrate a desire to reform have the potential for any leniency. Like law and order used to be.
Treat all criminals the same, without exception for race, religion, or nationality and you will reduce social unrest immediately. People want equality under the law for everyone. No special treatment.
The people who are protesting now were simply sitting at home 3 and 10 weeks ago. They were not in the news.
But then the police and media and government seemed to be playing around with a very tragic situation which stirred things up. Stop doing that. These three institutions need to do better: and quickly please.
Aim to be hired on your merit. Yes, it’s expedient to be hired based on other things, but it will never be as pleasing and will rarely make you proud.
You’ll feel better about yourself if you come second on your merits than first by having some strings pulled.
Better questions will help you reveal powerful truths for a better future. What exactly do I want my life to be like in precisely 5 years time?
Can you be honest with yourself with that question? We often try to trick ourselves and avoid the brutal facts of reality. It is easier in the short run but it all catches up with us in the longer run.
Ask questions but also listen carefully to the answer. The answers will reveal more than the ones you make up or hear about in the news.
Every now and then, annually perhaps, you should reassess what you believe and why you believe it.
Consider where you learned these beliefs and how it benefits you.
If there is hate in these beliefs, find out who put it there and why you allow it to stay.
