September 3, 2005

  • Thoughts from a friend:


    1.  I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most
    people die of natural causes.


    Does that mean I would die of unnatural causes if I ate unnatural food and what is unnatural food anyway?  I believe with all the chemicals I have put into my body knowingly and unknowingly, I doubt that I will  need to be embalmed.  Speaking of which, I will  not need to be embalmed anyway, I am going to be cremated.  I plan to have my favorite recliner chair cremated with me.  This is my way of "taking something with me!"  Catch you on the other side.  Bring your own chair.

    2.  Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are
    removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out
    of the ground easily, it is a valuable  plant.


    Many years ago when I was a novice in the "religious/spiritual" group that I joined, I had to week the garden out back of the house in Boston.  Well, guess who could not tell the difference between a weed and a flower?  Flowers are supposed to do just that -- flower.  The Novice Master had a hard time believing anyone could be so stupid.  Guess he still had a lot to learn in life too.

    3.  The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to
    buy a replacement.


    I do this all the time.  My husband stopped me from buying popcorn the other day.  When we got home, he showed me the three boxes I had stored in the closet.  Well, you just never know when you will have an incredible craving for popcorn.  I do this same thing with batteries.  I can never remember where I put them until I buy a new set and put them in the same place as the ones I was looking for but forgot where I stored them.  Are you confused.  Well, you can see how confused I can be.

    4.  Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.


    I tell this to people all the time.  When you stop and really look at what is happening around us, how in the world can you take it all seriously.  Learn to laugh.  Yes, bad things do happen.  But other than disasters both natural and unnatural (see a pattern here?), life is pretty funny.  It just happens and you have to learn to deal with it.  You can't control it.  You can, however, control your reactions and responses.


    5.  There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.


    I have been taking public transportation for close to 20 years.  The above statement is true.  I do not run for the bus, another bus will come along shortly.  Dashing across streets to get to the other side is not my style anymore.  I use my eyes and my brain to observe traffic conditions and then stroll at a leisurely pace.  Remember that he who hesitates may have to wait another 5 minutes to get across the street.  Once off the morning bus at 7:15 a.m., my fellow travelers wait for the "little old white lady" (me) to determine the safety of crossing the highway.   I have learned how to sense  what cars to walk in front of.  If you misjudge, you are going to have a good deal of horn blowing and gesturing, etc.  I have never had that happen.  I can tell when a car will slow to let me get across and who would rather run me down than take a second out of their rush to work.  Maybe I could start a school for pedestrians.  

    Don't you ever just wonder about things?  Well, I do.  And I am wandering away right now. I'll try not to get lost.  Have a great day.  zera

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