The quest for happiness and positive change

This article was written in November 2007… does it still wring true?

The quest for happiness and positive change

What's bugging you?

TALK RADIO! That's what bugs me.

More precisely, sports talk.

Who cares if an athlete plays harder, skates faster, etcetera… it's just sports, and at the end of the day, shouldn't we be more concerned with the perils of the planet and the rate of extinction that we're all facing today?

Sports, celebrity, and unchecked capitalism, although natural to man, isn't to Mother Nature, and unfortunately, we're too distracted to see what may be heading our way. A recent headline: EXPERTS SAY THE NUMBERS OF GEESE ARE A PROBLEM AND IT IS NECESSARY TO DO A CULL.

Mother Nature says: A GLOBAL POPULATION OF 7... 8... 9 BILLION IS FAR TOO TAXING ON ME, THEREFORE, CULL, CULL…

But we're humans, we're above all other creatures, we're logical…

True, but we're logically working towards extinction and we're even using catch phrases to make it sexy: CARBON FOOTPRINT --- SHOCK & AWE.

We dump millions of gallons of water on fires trying to save million dollar homes, while at the same time Atlanta is running dry and will soon become uninhabitable?

Apparently, without water ---- living gets tougher.

We've placed homes above people, why?

Because the fires are far sexier than a drought --- and sexier sells.

Isn't it time to impact positive change… but how?

By embracing life, the good and the bad parts ---- as hard as that may be to do. If we focus on ourselves, instead of the big picture, we may have a chance. Or are we too envious and distracted by celebrities?

Isn't envy at the root of our problems?

Envy creates: wants, which creates: artificial need, which creates: competition, which in-turn creates: the number one element of our destruction: unchecked radical religious factions greed, resulting in a widening gap between the rich and poor. We've become extensions of marketing campaigns. We've become walking talking billboards

Don't believe it?

Listen carefully…

"I love your shirt." Where'd you get it?" "You must go to… it's fabulous." "How much did you get that for?" "Buy, buy, buy…"

My challenge to you: stop the envy parade and focus on: I love you; I care about… just for one day… bet you can't!

We've been ushered, in my opinion, down the wrong paths for a long time. For the most part we've bought into the distractions of celebrity/athletes --- causing us to spiral upward in the quest for wealth and spiral downward in the destruction of our souls.

Isn't it time to resist the conditioning?

One last thought: embrace life, live it, and be good to others. All others, cause if Atlanta is out of water… others may be migrating to your neighborhood soon, on a global scale…