Just a quickie

     We all work too much. Most of us eat poorly and most of us screw up our relationships with everyone. But we all get our coffee or tea, we all get to work on time and work late to make our checks bigger. Many of us look fabulous while waiting for our caffeine carrier of choice. We all try to pay our bills, most of which are not necessary for survival. Most of us get fat now. Most of us will have a disease caused or complicated by our weight. But we all still put in 40 hours a week. Sometimes meals are skipped but rarely medications for the ache in our slumped shoulders or the depression that hides our smiles. Why? Americans have horrible reputations now, not just because of our leaders but because we are self-righteous, impatient, drinking coffee out of a disposable cup, honking our horns because the bitch in front of us didn’t take that tiny second chance to turn left on a busy street. Why? Take time to choose the “for here” options at the coffee shop. Remember that turning left means you have to cross two or more lanes of opposing traffic and that we never get enough sleep so that woman in front of you might need a bigger opening because her reaction time is much slower than yours because she was up all night with a sick kid. We are all so self-centered and paranoid, thinking the whole world is out to make us late.
     Why not opt out of over-time not required? Go home early; pick up your kids early from daycare and go to a park. Kiss your lover longer than normal. Turn off your television and listen to the sounds out the window. Most of the things we think we need are bogus. Everyone needs food and water, a place to sleep, a way to get those things and maybe a hobby, time to sleep and time to eat, time to raise your own kids, instead of handing them off to someone else. All the other stuff is extra, enslaving things that bring no satisfactions beyond nasty competition no one admits between themselves and neighbors, friends or family to have “more”.