Living a rather isolated life on a quasi remote mountain, two alpha personalities from the Zero Hedge arena can easily crash into the other one's massive ego. It can be a delicate operation because we both admit we have big fat egos in play, thus implying we have our own behavior well in hand lol.
Indeed perhaps the biggest trick the devil ever played was convincing us we could "control" and set aside our egos.
Never has it been more important to take each and every failure or problem and learn a lesson from it, thereby turning lemons into lemonade. Yesterday I did something seemingly terrible. I finished pulling out almost half our garden and throwing it away. It wasn’t even fit to be composted.
After three weeks of rain, with only an occasional ray of sunshine peeking through the clouds, our temperatures have remained in the mid 70°s with overnight temps dropping down to the low/mid 60°s. The result was nearly half our tomatoes went bad right on the vine. Worse, the melons turned moldy on the bottoms and the broccoli and cauliflower were standing mush. Nothing could dry out. Continue reading Today’s Lessons Are the Gold→
How often have you marveled at a child doing something unusual and said, "How does he come up with these ideas?" And who hasn't been in a situation where a youngster uttered an awkward (truthful) statement they hadn't yet learned was taboo? "Out of the mouths of babes," is the default response by us grownups to reset the mood to a more comfortable programmed track.
But most would agree modern children are taught as we, and the generations before us, were taught. Children quickly learn it is valuable to be like others, to conform and not make waves. By the time we are young adults, can we even identify the origins of why we think the way we do?
For a good read and further reflection on why we think as we do please see: Who's In Your Head?
