A Discussion

 This morning I am smoking my Birthday Nording with some ready rub tobacco called Bosun by Gawith Hoggarth & Company.  We had a discussion in our household about society having twenty years left according to a recent study by Stanford scientists.  These researchers looked at fossil records and determined life is deteriorating at the same rate as the extinction of dinaaours.  But it seems that acceptance of the next twenty being the last years is generational.  I told my wife that I read an article saying the Boomers are on the last fight out of Saigon, a reference to the pull out of troops in Vietnam in 1974.  

As to whether we have twenty years left is up for debate.  And I guess it depends if one is an optimist or pessimist.  Boomers might be more pessimistic, because, well, they probably won't be here in another 20 years, or at least most of them.  But I'm an optimist, because I think we will see a new beginning.  And THAT was my point.  Let me put your mind at ease.  Yes, Boomers will die off.  BUT most of you, if not all will be witness to some dynamic changes.  I really believe this.  If I could I would tell everyone not to worry about the next 20 years.  Please don't.

I am somewhat of a thinker, and have been all my life.  I have spent a lot of time alone in thought and meditation.  One of the things I am constantly working on is not to worry.  But I am NOT worried about the next 20 years.  I'm not.  And it's not because I won't be here.  I see a new beginning.  I just do.  I won't explain that any further.  Maybe it is Divine intervention.  It might be problem solving the world's problems.  You can call it anything you wish.  But it's more than just Hope.  

It's kind of like smoking my pipe and I said the other day, I follow information on my phone.  I think and meditate and nothing I read, see, or hear bothers me.  Smoking my pipe keeps me relaxed.  I am focused while smoking my pipe.  But the more I meditate the more relaxed I am.  Some might say my pipe is my religion.  I say my pipe is a tool.  I could say I am at my best with a pipe.  I write these posts while smoking my pipe.  If I didn't, this world could drive me nuts.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave