November 06, 2023 – A

There is what we do for a living,
and there is what we live to do.

Too much of the West
lives to make money
for/with which they have nothing to do.

"Let's go to the moon!"
"Let's go see the Titanic!"
"Let's buy the United States Government!"
"Let's destroy democracy!"
"Let's burn everything down!"

It is as though some twisted god somewhere
said, "Let's give adults at a 16-year old
maturation level billions of dollars
and see what they will do!"

When immature people have nothing to live for
that is worth living for,
we have society as it is today.

How many people do you know personally
who have something worth living for
to live for?

Who are serving a good greater than their own good
with their life?

Who are "in it" for something 
other than what they can "get out of it"?

Who have incentive,
aspiration,
ambition,
for something more important than money?

Who would give all their money
to do what they know is theirs to do?

Teaching botany, perhaps.
Or writing poetry.
Or playing a piano.
Training horses.
Tending a garden...

Who do you know who has a life
beyond making money?

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