Year End Musings

Wow. Well, they came out WAY too long for the main page, but I stuck some Year End Musings onto our Faith and Politics page for today. Here is a taste. Click through for more.

Do you ever wonder about the structure of the world, versus the structure of the world that "They" tell you should be in place. Let's follow the logic:

1. One must eat to live.

2. In order to eat, one must have money. (Or some plants/animals to pluck, milk, shoot, grill, etc. Not my way.)

3. In order to have money, one must have a job.

4. In order to have a job, one must spend most of ones time away from home, family, friends, etc. doing tasks which generally one would not do if someone else were not paying us to do it.

So, in order to live, one must spend most of one's time away from those one loves.



But "They" tell you a different tale:

1. One must spend as much time with family and friends as possible in order to live well.

2. Jobs tend to take one away from family and friends.

3. "No one ever said on his death bed, "I wish I had spent more time in the office."

So, in order to live well, one must avoid work as much as possible to maximize time with family and friends.



So, we live on the edge of a knife...

I don't know if the thoughts are truly profound, or just something I had to work on for myself. But they seemed worth sharing, if only so that I was forced to work through them myself.