We studied our Zen and we meditated. We recognized the beauty of life and the marvels our bodies are. We soaked up happiness and gratitude. But then we realized we weren't doing our duty. We were letting our civic responsibilities slide. We hadn't spent money. We hadn't purchased knickknacks in quite a while. Even worse, we were cheerful!
We realize that the baby boomers are retiring at the rate of something like 10,000 a day. We realize young people are full of zest and ideas and want to start small businesses that blossom into multi-billion dollar enterprises. We realize it is better to go to the doctor two or three times a week to stimulate the US health and medical spending. Sure, we lead the world in medical dollars spent but if we all try a little harder, we can in fact spend even more.
We are working on being less satisfied with our lives and more interested in new apps, new gadgets, new and exotic foods and other ways to clutter our houses and our time. We have had a long, tiring winter and that has led to the discovery that if we carefully note the comforts of a rainy day, with tea and crumpets in a cozy house and also carefully note the comforts of a warm, sunny day with open blue skies, we are ready. Fully prepared, we can provide complaints about any sort of weather and blame those south of us, east and west of us and north of us.
We promise to avoid contentment and satisfaction in the future, to continue to do our part for the US and world economy and to clutch a dour, sour, grumpy outlook tightly from now on.
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Bill
Main blog: Fear, Fun and Filoz
Main web site: Kirbyvariety
