2016

     Another new year has begun. I really didn't hear anyone talking about New Years resolutions. Didn't hear anything about it on TV or the Internet. Maybe I just missed it. Couldn't think of anything myself. Only to try harder to make it a good year. 
    What is a good year? Good health. Reasonable happiness. Living within your means. No major mess ups like accidents or appliance failures resulting in expenses that exceed your budget. Eliminating most if not all debt. Doing what you can with the things that you can control.
     Then there are of course things that you cannot control. National and world events. Natural disasters. Random acts of violence. 
     Do you ever see anyone without anything in our country. But everyone wants to push it to the next level. Not content. If you are content you can be accused of not wanting to get ahead. A lazy person. Content and lazy are not the same thing. A content person can work hard. While a lazy person may not be content. 
     As individuals we are conditioned from birth to want more. The latest and greatest. This mentality gets one in debt and can cause unwarranted unhappiness. Look at other cultures around the world. They have little impact on others while being content. 
     If everyone was content however we would have none of the modern conveniences we all know and love. We would still be in the stone age. Some people are born with a superlative talent of some sort. 99.9% of us are not. A person has to play the hand they are dealt. 
     A 1980s attitude for people would be great. People were not all cut up into little groups that were stereotyped to as how they should act and look. Everyone was pretty cool. We need to try this again. Everyone would be happier.