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G-Pop awoke with a whirl of conflicting ideas swirling in his mind, trying to find a landing space in understanding.
Good Friday.
What a joke.
Especially when you consider that the religious fanaticism which killed the Prince of Peace 2,000 years ago is still alive and insane, bombarding the innocent in Brussels.
Why do we kill?
Some people blame firearms. Yet we succeeded very ably in snuffing out human life long before there was gun powder.
Maybe it’s due to intolerance for other cultures and religions. But even in countries where there is no religion and very little culture, they kill off what they consider to be abnormal.
G-Pop decided that the next time he got together with his children, he would tell them that the reason we kill is because we are on a foolish journey to find the “best.”
It’s why Americans murder at a higher rate than Canadians. Canadian children are not taught that they always have to be supreme. American offspring are informed that they must always come off as the best.
There are only three things that can make you the best:
- Work hard and have some luck
- Cheat
- Lie
As you can see, two of the three are quite unacceptable–because after we get tired of working, we decide that deceiving people about our prowess is equally as effective as long as we don’t get caught. Or we may choose to lie about our competitors and cast them into darkness, portraying them as sinister.
It is a screwed up system.
G-Pop wants his children to know that it is a beautiful thing to chase “good” and “better,” but to always leave “best” alone.
So what is good?
Make things and bless things
Not just people–but your car, your job, your garage, and Mother Earth. Make things and bless things. You could stop right there and have a fulfilling life. Making things keeps you busy and blessing things keeps you happy.
If you still have extra time you’d like to fill, consider “better.”
Better is working within yourself. Cease comparing your efforts to others. Stop trying to advertise your fruit. Live your talent within yourself–you being your most intelligent encourager and critic.
To be happy, continue on that path and ignore the best. After all, the best is not decided by you–it is a fickle passing of the torch by fans who think they have found the next fabulous thing.
To ignore the best is to be grateful and content. What is considered the best is beyond our control, and certainly subject to the blowing winds of opinion.
2,000 years ago, people climbed a hill–not so they could see better or take in the view. They did so because something good had come their way–something that brought better ideas–a human being who insisted that those who would follow would do greater things than him.
This made them lethal because they were being threatened … by losing their status as the best.
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