It has been a slow week. Some how all the hoopla of the Super Bowl and the Egypt has passed me by. I can't understand why we are so obsessed by things we cannot control. This week saw the 100th anniversary of Ronald Regan's birthday many folks were involved in events surrounding that. I spent several hours involved in Kiwanis meetings listening to people explain why membership continues to decline. Worry worry all about things that don't really concern any of us directly.
We all need to be involved with our lives and the world but why do we concern ourselves outside of our circle. I think that it is too easy to be involved with the "Bigger Things" but what about the smaller things. I know I cannot affect the outcome of any crises in any foreign country, yet I worry. I know I cannot force the congress to work more than a few days a month. Yet I wonder which is better, them not working or working.
I was out working on my roses today and it calmed me down to just do the simple things. I know that stress is a way of life today and we need to deal with it. I heard today that human a being in the first world has twice as much sensory input in a day than a human being 200 years ago did in a lifetime. That is easy to imagine because look at how any one thing has changed. Lets take computers. When I was born it took a battle ship to hold the most sophisticated computers. They were used just to fire the big guns! Today there is more computing power in your cell phone! When my kids were born, no one owned a home computer, now how many do you have in your life. Sure does surprise you doesn't it. Even 100 years ago most folks never ever went more than ten miles from home. Now today we would think them deprived.
Well I've wandered around alot on this but try to think of the simple life and make yourself happier.
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