An almost wise old crone that told me once, "you can bend the universe to your will only so far."
Bending the universe is the business of the day in this culture of mass consumption. Fabricating an existence, an item, or incidence, is required to progress in this day and age. Bending the universe is only as good as the weakest point, and the weakest point is the one doing the bending.
Just something to think about while we're all bending away.
Ironic that money was fabricated as a means of reducing violence, "you don't have to kill, you can now buy what you want!" So what happened? Back to nature? If we fabricate our natural environment to suit us, does it not stand to reason that we have to change our nature as well in order to continue in a progressive direction. We are collectively as we are individually. Our biggest obstacle is ourselves.
Speaking of fabricating money, It's legal in the US to have currencies other than US standard. What if everyone had their own currency, we'd be back to the barter system!
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Should read "you can bend the universe only so far... as you believe you can." As the saying goes, "Whether you believe you can or you can't, you're probably right."
Thirteen years ago, I bent the universe quite deliberately at a cusp point and have been quite satisfied with the results. Later developments proved my decision correct in more ways than could have been foreseen.
While at the start of a separation prior to a possible divorce, I met a new person and was waffling between staying with the first partner, or ending that (19 year) relationship and going with the new. My indecision had been predicted by both my siblings who had also been through divorce and warned me to get through that stage quickly.
On the night when I decided to stay in my first relationship, the decision felt "proper", but awfully uncomfortable, as though the universe itself was "not as it should be", rather like in "Back To The Future 2." Only 3 hours after "deciding" to stay with the first partner, the stress built to where I KNEW the decision would prove to be wrong.
Then I had an epiphany and said to myself, "Which choice would make the most people the happiest?" Choosing the new partner made 2 out of 3 happy, Choosing the old partner made only 1 (and MAYBE only 1) happy, and I would not have been that 1. I switched and finally decided on the new partner, closing the book (my metaphor) on the last "chapter" of the old relationship to begin a new "book".
Skip forward 13 years: Both of us are remarried, my ex is happier than she was with me. I, have been happy every single day beginning with the decision to start anew.
I have been happily remarried now for 11 years, together with my new partner for 12 and half years.
I got laid off in 2002 and had enough pension and savings to retire comfortably.
Had I taken the wrong path, I would still have gotten laid off at the same time, but would have had no pension money, with it borrowed against for other things. I would have had the first wife, the attendant unhappiness, no income and no savings, and probably in short order, no home.
I am relieved to look back and glance aside in relief at the path not taken.
Advice: at all the decision points in your life, if you're unsure which way to turn, choose the direction most likely to result in less stress and more happiness. Choose wisely, as it will be the first day of the rest of your life.
Should read "you can bend the universe only so far... as you believe you can." As the saying goes, "Whether you believe you can or you can't, you're probably right."
Thirteen years ago, I bent the universe quite deliberately at a cusp point and have been quite satisfied with the results. Later developments proved my decision correct in more ways than could have been foreseen.
While at the start of a separation prior to a possible divorce, I met a new person and was waffling between staying with the first partner, or ending that (19 year) relationship and going with the new. My indecision had been predicted by both my siblings who had also been through divorce and warned me to get through that stage quickly.
On the night when I decided to stay in my first relationship, the decision felt "proper", but awfully uncomfortable, as though the universe itself was "not as it should be", rather like in "Back To The Future 2." Only 3 hours after "deciding" to stay with the first partner, the stress built to where I KNEW the decision would prove to be wrong.
Then I had an epiphany and said to myself, "Which choice would make the most people the happiest?" Choosing the new partner made 2 out of 3 happy, Choosing the old partner made only 1 (and MAYBE only 1) happy, and I would not have been that 1. I switched and finally decided on the new partner, closing the book (my metaphor) on the last "chapter" of the old relationship to begin a new "book".
Skip forward 13 years: Both of us are remarried, my ex is happier than she was with me. I, have been happy every single day beginning with the decision to start anew.
I have been happily remarried now for 11 years, together with my new partner for 12 and half years.
I got laid off in 2002 and had enough pension and savings to retire comfortably.
Had I taken the wrong path, I would still have gotten laid off at the same time, but would have had no pension money, with it borrowed against for other things. I would have had the first wife, the attendant unhappiness, no income and no savings, and probably in short order, no home.
I am relieved to look back and glance aside in relief at the path not taken.
Advice: at all the decision points in your life, if you're unsure which way to turn, choose the direction most likely to result in less stress and more happiness. Choose wisely, as it will be the first day of the rest of your life.
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