Know Thyself through HISTORY(yours):
What is YOUR first name?
Do YOU know what your name means? Not the origins linguistically, but what it meant to those that picked it.
Do YOU know why you were named this?
If you don’t and you can, ask someone in your family. Then you can ask yourself, if the meaning actually applies to you, whether you knew it before or not.
Know Thyself.… more “Know Thyself Post #10”
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
Try this:
Stop judgy commenting on anything, anywhere, and just READ for one day.
Perhaps if you spent all your energy on reading, you will find that most posts are not the opinions of said individual, but regurgitation of someone else’s propaganda. They didn’t conjure up the words, in that order, just to educate us on their opinion.
Most people who post don’t know what they think, what they REALLY think. Instead of spending time with themselves, they puke out other people’s words. How these words that did not spring from their mind are received by people they do not know further validates the plagiarized thoughts. If people like or dislike, the person who made the comment may feel they are part of a team and/or look popular. Much less effort than thinking your own thoughts just for your own sake….I guess.
If you know what you think, you do not have to post it to prove you are smart, or eloquent, or should be ‘included’. Popularity does not reinforce nor detract from your truth.
If you know what you think, you don’t need to prove it to anyone, nor do you need to convince yourself.
Unless you are a subject matter expert or someone asked, no one needs to know your judgy comment, especially since you probably don’t even think it anyways….
I’m actually asking, what do YOU think, no one will see your comment, does that change what you would write?… more “Know Thyself Post #9”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If those involved in POLITICS learned?
WIBCI: Amazon didn’t use forever plastic in its shipping?
Wouldn’t it also be cool if they didn’t box up boxes that said ‘OK to Ship’ inside another box?
And Wouldn’t it be cooler yet, if they didn’t use boxes much too large for the item purchased, so that there is a cavernous void large enough for me to nap in?
Seems like the 4th richest man in the world could afford to give a shit about the ripples created from his enterprise.
What do YOU Think?
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from HISTORY/PHILOSOPHY/POLITICS AND LITERATURE?
WIBCI: Companies and -illionaires followed the practice of Should over Could?
-illionaires COULD not pay taxes because of a tax break, but that doesn’t mean they SHOULD not pay them.
Taxes from money made off this country needs to be returned to it. It is like blood, it needs to circulate. It does not need to be in off shore trust fund for a worthless 3rd generation.
Just cause you don’t have to, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t. -illionaires could donate funds to their towns, cities, counties and state. Teachers make shit money, start there. Corporations that get tax breaks….for what?! Polluting our communities? Why not give back to those places that have given you so much, not because you have to, but because you should?
Parting with Money I understand is the vilest of evils, but illionaires could part with what they saved…
What do YOU think?… more “WIBCI Post #8”
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
How many Teams are you on?
Death of Hypatia defines Teams as follows:
Teams: / tiːmz / n: A group of equal and mutually respected individuals who, when acting as/or on behalf of said group, consider what is better for the group above that which may be better for them as individuals
Rules/Caveats/Considerations:
Do YOU have any teams?… more “Know Thyself Post #8”
Know Thyself through HISTORY(yours):
Try this:
Think about someone in your life that has been selflessly kind to you.
Not nice to you because they found you attractive.
Not nice to you because of any perception of your wealth.
Therefore, this means it probably eliminates anyone you met as an adult.
Try and picture someone (probably from childhood) that always acted in a way they thought best for you, even if it was a detriment to themselves. Can you picture them?
Next time you are making a decision that bothers you morally, make the decision like this person were watching you.
Imagine if leaders did that…
What do YOU think?… more “Know Thyself Post #7”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from HISTORY:
WIBCI: we deposited our shit better? Throughout history, human refuse has been a problem, like for thousands of years. Since this first seemed to be of concern, we have actually sent humans to outer space, split that atom, and created fois gras. And as it seems to me that poop is the item we currently manufacture that is closest to becoming useful to the environment once more. Actually, maybe the only thing besides art.
So why is a lot of it in diapers and pet poop bags that will never decompose?
Seems plastic is NOT Better for the Most
What do YOU Think?… more “WIBCI Post #7”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If those involved in the POLITICS learned?
WIBCI: Styrofoam was no longer manufactured or utilized, and the political leaders who are meant to protect us gave the illusion they were occasionally on the side of the consumer as opposed to Big Business?
What do YOU think?
Seems like Styrofoam sucks
Better for the Most… more “WIBCI Post #6”
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
What’s YOUR favorite color?
If you ask any 11 year old girl this question, I bet, more often than not, they answer quickly and unequivocally.
I would also further wager they could tell you why and possibly when this conclusion was made. They know what they think about color because they have actually taken the time to think about it. They were still for a moment, turned off the world, and really thought about it.
When was the last time YOU really thought about something?
So…What’s YOUR favorite color?… more “Know Thyself Post #6”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from HISTORY and we appreciated immigrants?
WIBCI: we didn’t forget that unless our direct ancestors were part of a tribe on this continent, we are all descended from immigrants or people who were brought here as slaves?
Seems the most pride should come from the tribes, and the least pride should sprout from the ancestors of people that took everything from them, no?
The current descendants from immigrants that wish us to hate new immigrants, seem to have forgotten history.
I would take a brand spanking new immigrant over a current descendant for the following things they do better:
Immigrants rule.
What do YOU think?… more “WIBCI Post #5”
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
Try this:
Go outside into the analog world with no electronics.
Stand on the closest thing to the Earth as possible.
Look around until the voices in your head stop telling you about what you have to do. This could take awhile. Be patient.
Look at the sky…..watch it.
Stay outside until you notice something beautiful.
What did YOU notice?
Rinse and Repeat tomorrow. Maybe for longer.… more “Know Thyself Post #5”
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we learned from HISTORY?:
WIBCI if spoke honestly about ‘True’ Americans
Seems to me the only people native to this country are those that were pushed aside by Europeans. The same ones that actually lived here first without taking it from other people.
All I know of these people is pretty amazing:
No concept of land ownership.
Only taking what they need from the world.
Respect.
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If we actually honored these people, studied their history and made it part of ours? WIBCI it weren’t made difficult for these people to vote, or better yet they got electoral votes as a people?
Seems it would be Better For the Most.
What do YOU think?
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
Look at YOUR Art:
Try this: walk around wherever you call home, find a picture/painting/piece of art hanging on the wall, and go look at it…..Really look at it. Take minutes doing this. Sit down and look at it from a distance and then go right up to it and look at its minutiae.
Do YOU like it?
Where did it come from?
What does it mean to YOU/why is it hanging in your home?
What does it say about YOU?
What does it make YOU feel?… more “Know Thyself Post #4”
Know Thyself through PHILOSOPHY:
Skateboarders…..
I think kids that learned/are learning to skateboard are Better.
They spend hours trying, watching, learning, and most importantly failing.
Just because they want to.
I’m impressed by the focus and fearlessness that is necessary to get good at something that physically hurts and takes a LOT of time.
If I were ever interviewing someone, I would ask them to name something they spent a lot of time doing when they were young. Points would go to the skateboarders.
You have proven focus and aren’t afraid of failing.
I’d hire you.
Makes me think of the things I really focused on throughout my life. Like go-to-bed-waking-up-obsessed-with kind of focus. I don’t remember feeling anxious. I remember being happy.
What have YOU really focused on throughout your life?
Skateboarders Rule
Wouldn’t It Be Cool If Billionaires left us alone more?
WIBCI: Insurance companies stopped constantly advertising to us? Seriously, if you start to notice, it will boggle your mind, and I apologize.
Insurance Companies: Please stop interrupting my entertainment to remind me of your company.
Why not spend the $ your use to sponsor EVERYTHING and spend it on denied insurance claims? That is your purpose right, to insure the lives of people? Why does your purpose seem to be ‘smoke em if you got em’?
I think insurance companies doing what they were purported to do would be Better for the Most.
Insurance companies seem to suck
What do YOU think?
