A Little Humor

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 I like videos that are about funny signs.  I can't just recall all the funny signs I have seen, but one that made me laugh the hardest was about a cowboy who was told to get along little doggy.  So he bought himself a Dachshund.  Some things I'll think about to this day and get a big belly laugh.  I believe God loves humor, otherwise there'd be no laughter in the world.  One sign said that if the earth was flat all the cats would have pushed everything off the edge.

One sign caused some reflection in me, but it's not why I drink or wine, but it was funny all the same.  It said, "I drink coffee to change the things I can, but I drink wine to change the things I can't."  Too much wine distorts reality.  But that isn't why I drink either.  Both can make me think, but too much of either isn't good for me.  I don't enjoy too much of either.  Too much caffeine isn't good for my heart and too much wine makes me ill.  

But neither of the reasons listed on the sign is why.  Maybe for some people they can't get going in the mornings without a big dose of caffeine.  There are those who enjoy getting drunk.  I am neither of these people.  I simply enjoy a good cup of coffee and enjoy wine only once in a great while, but never too much.  

My wife and I had a breakfast conversation about homelessness and drugs yesterday.  I suggested to her that it might be drugs are a last resort for too many.  And too often it is.  It's just most visible because it contributes to crime.  Homelessness often has many causes but drugs make it too easy to deal with life.  I told her drugs are the end and not always the beginning.  Same with alcohol.  It's always the end.

The beginning is life itself for whatever reasons a person is homeless.  But the end for anyone is either alcohol or drugs.  Until the end too often it's crime to support their habit.  I won't say every person who turns to drugs then is hopeless, but too often they are.  Once drugs take hold of a person too often they're addicted for life.  Families give up hope.  They themselves give up hope.  Too often the only hope becomes crime.  

I can't solve the problem here, but major cities have searched for solutions often finding there aren't any.  Someone told me once that everything devolves to the least common denominator.  All evil outweighs every good.  Everything is in a downward spiral to evil.  

Maybe I'm just naieev, but I don't believe this to be true.  Too often we just become impatient.  We want results right now.  We say we don't have time to wait.  Does evil just run it's course?  I believe to a point it does.  But futurists today don't have the optimism of futurists from the mid-50's.  Today it seems the future is apocalyptic.  I believe all humanity has run its course without Duvine Intervention.  This is why I'm an optimist.  Evil has run its course.

My pipe helps me stay optimistic.  I don't find optism in either coffee or wine.  I find optimism by connecting to my Spirit Guides.  Evil has run its course and why I'm optimistic.  I just haven't given up hope after even 30 years.  Maybe it's naivete, but it's more than that.  It's hope for a brighter future.  It WILL happen.  It just takes time.  So, I'll wait smoking my pipe and do what I feel I must do, but I am optimistic.  Evil has run its course.  So, let's not lose our sense of humor.  Laughter is good medicine.  Maybe even the best kind!  The world needs more laughter; not less.  Today it is my Angel pipe with a special blend tobacco.  And my coffee is from the Blue Bottle Coffee Company.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave

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