In-San-I-T-Y

There is no doubt that we can toot our horns for the things that we have done to help other countries and you also can’t turn your head and pretend that we haven’t caused harm at times either.  I have lived long enough to know that everything has a price and we are a strategic government, correct me if I am wrong but don’t we still have a military presence in every country that we have “helped”?

Jen said something in her Facebook comment that I loved.  She said “we are not perfect, the world is not perfect…but it is time to start new forward thinking and practicing peace on individual levels.  Be the change that you wish to see.” 

Tonight, while talking with a good friend, I was led to a post by DanO.

The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered “Man…Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money.  Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.  And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future, he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”

I have read it over and over again and it seems different to me each time.  The one thing that I am completely sure of other than death is that I don’t want to die not having really lived or feeling that I am always missing something. 

I have already sacrificed my health in the name of money and then spent 6 years trying to de-stress my lifestyle in order to correct a health problem.  I know I worried about money too much to live in the present and always thought about the future but I would default to my past looking for help as I experienced new situations as a completely different person than I was years ago.  What is it when you do the same thing over and over and expect a different result?   Insanity!

One last thing about money… I used to run this over in my head when I owned my own business.  My husband used to say this to me all of the time.  “You shouldn’t worry about money when you don’t have any money, worry about it when you have it.”