In this one you definitely hit a home run--actually hit the ball out of the park. While I have learned a lot by contemplating buddhist 4 noble truths--and stumbling along the path in my own time and style, I agree with much you say here.
I've done some navel gazing--never at my own, I assure you--and I agree with both your diagnosis and your simplistic, but OH SO EFFECTIVE, prescription for peace, harmony and a big-ass bowl-o-rice wih lotta nice tidbits of avocado, black oil-cured olives and just a hint of lysergic acid diethylmide--say a gram, or so.
I tend toward the CSNY instruction. "Teach your children well".
As I have no children--and that's a net good thing, trust me--I try to NOT teach other people's children.
George Carlin's, "Two Commandments" comes to mind.
"And so, with all of this in mind, folks, I offer you my revised list of the Two Commandments:
First:
•THOU SHALT ALWAYS BE HONEST AND FAITHFUL, ESPECIALLY
TO THE PROVIDER OF THY NOOKIE.
And second:
•THOU SHALT TRY REAL HARD NOT TO KILL ANYONE, UNLESS,
OF COURSE, THEY PRAY TO A DIFFERENT INVISIBLE MAN
THAN THE ONE YOU PRAY TO."
Since I'm an atheist, that second part of the second one is pretty ignorable--much like the first clause of the only sentence that comprises the entirety of the U.S. 2nd Amendment.
I would love to, but, I have the attention span of a gnat during making-new-gnats season. I will certainly listen to reason from some people on the subject. Might be just the thing to do, after my shoulder surgery.
In this one you definitely hit a home run--actually hit the ball out of the park. While I have learned a lot by contemplating buddhist 4 noble truths--and stumbling along the path in my own time and style, I agree with much you say here.
"My own time and style..." There is no other way.
Thanks Betsy. Now if the Joint Chiefs of Staff could have awakenings:)
I've done some navel gazing--never at my own, I assure you--and I agree with both your diagnosis and your simplistic, but OH SO EFFECTIVE, prescription for peace, harmony and a big-ass bowl-o-rice wih lotta nice tidbits of avocado, black oil-cured olives and just a hint of lysergic acid diethylmide--say a gram, or so.
I tend toward the CSNY instruction. "Teach your children well".
As I have no children--and that's a net good thing, trust me--I try to NOT teach other people's children.
George Carlin's, "Two Commandments" comes to mind.
"And so, with all of this in mind, folks, I offer you my revised list of the Two Commandments:
First:
•THOU SHALT ALWAYS BE HONEST AND FAITHFUL, ESPECIALLY
TO THE PROVIDER OF THY NOOKIE.
And second:
•THOU SHALT TRY REAL HARD NOT TO KILL ANYONE, UNLESS,
OF COURSE, THEY PRAY TO A DIFFERENT INVISIBLE MAN
THAN THE ONE YOU PRAY TO."
Since I'm an atheist, that second part of the second one is pretty ignorable--much like the first clause of the only sentence that comprises the entirety of the U.S. 2nd Amendment.
Will you start one of these Substacks so the world can touch on your genius? Seriously. You must have a million photos and many, many stories.
I would love to, but, I have the attention span of a gnat during making-new-gnats season. I will certainly listen to reason from some people on the subject. Might be just the thing to do, after my shoulder surgery.
If only….
The Dalai Lama wants to suck tongues. Human tongues! You can bet, fellow face, that if he does this once, he’s done it a thousand times.
I've never been more disillusioned, and that's really saying something for me... 😔
😔I'm sorry.
No more writing for me on cloudy days!