I'm Connected

 I don't disconnect from the world when I am alone smoking my pipe.  I might spend a lot of time alone, but not really am I alone.  I just read an article about a 19 year old from Vietnam being accepted to Miami University.  She had dreams of spending time at the beach surrounded by palm trees.  But the Miami University was in Oxford, Ohio surrounded by corn fields.  She laughs about it now as she says they have an excellent business school and because of her scholarship, her parents could afford it.

It was suggested this girl needed to do her research.  But she says she feels safe in Oxford and it worked out for the best.  Miami of Ohio is considered the Ivy League school of Ohio.  So, things always work out for the best, even when we arent sure.  She visited Miami Beach on Spring Break and didn't feel safe there.  Reading this story brought a smile to my face as my father attended Miami in Oxford for a year.  

I interact with stories like this, but it seems lately I haven't been reading good news.  But instead of brooding over things going on in the world, I'll read something like this and smile.  I'll bring out the TV and watch something that will take my mind off all the grim news about the world.  I just can't spend my time reading about all the bad news in the world.  I need something to smile about.  

I try to find good things to write about here.  I'm not into social networking or gaming, but I'm into reading the news and keeping up with what is going on in the world.  But it seems lately there just isn't much that makes me smile.  I could comment here about politics, but I choose not to.  My religion is pretty simple not caring about the sins of others or even much about beliefs.  I care only about Human Life, which aligns with my Spirituality.  

Life is difficult at best for people like myself, but I try to see the good even in the bad.  I think the Internet has caused most everyone to have a knee-jerk reaction to most anything.  I would rather ponder and think before forming a decision on most anything and my alone time gives me the opportunity to do just that.  

My wife reads my posts here and almost always will make a comment as I seek to continue to improve my writing, but she won't read anything until you do.  In this day we like feel-good stories because they seem to be so rare.  I'm always reading about some Karen or a Florida man.  Or I'll read something about that which a dumb person did.  Sometimes stupid people don't know what assholes they are.  

The problem with people is that if we thought about the future we might not do what we do, but even then no one knows the future.  Maybe psychics are real, but everyone makes plans and do what they can do.  But it seems the future always works out as I'm a firm believer in Karma.  Other faiths all have a name for it, but even an asshole can learn from their mistakes.  I say love never fails and living always has good Karma.

But lest my wife might say I'm a little preachy, just let me say that good accomplishes good.  Everything always works out for the best.  This might not be true of all things, but I can say individualistically it does.  We just can't see much further than maybe a few minutes, but everyone has plans.  There are those who do not make the best of the moment.  But by their failures they teach us what not to do.  

That Vietnamese girl above needed to do her research, but for her it worked out for the best.  Generally speaking it does.  It does not work out for the best for the Karen's and the Florida men of this world.  Just a thought.  We,'d all be less stressed if we knew the future, but often we don't.  An optimist just believes and a pessimist doesn't. 

I a believer in the good of this world no matter what I see or read.  I have no choice, but that is me.  I am smoking my pipe a lot these days, but it helps me focus on the good in this world.  I try to stay focused on the big picture and am a firm believer that love goes a lot further than hate.  Today it is my KS7 Churchwarden pipe with some Rum and Maple for this cool Fall morning in Florida.  I thank you for time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave