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People

KARMA, IS IT REAL?

Karma, what does it mean to you? That’s a good question. It means something different to each one of us. Some people don’t believe in karma at all, while others seem to live and die by it. I talked to my daughter about karma. I knew before I asked her opinion on the matter that she didn’t believe in karma at all. She does believe however that we are responsible for the results of our actions, good or bad. So what’s the difference? I don’t think there is much of one. If a person cheats on his or her spouse and gets caught can’t the act be described as bad karma and at the same time the action will potentially cause pain in that person’s life and the lives around them? I think they are one in the same.

Good karma and good deeds I believe work the same way just in reverse. Doing good acts for society and treating people how we want to be treated will bring a higher level of satisfaction in our lives and hopefully that goodness will rub off on others that we touch in our daily lives.

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Life Lessons, People

FISHING WITH PHIL PART 2 (THE NON FISHING PART)

As I said in my previous post I have known Phil for about 7 years. He is a little older than my eldest so it gives me a glimpse on what changes will occur in my kids when they move from their mid-twenties to their early thirties. Obviously my sample size is only one person so it’s naive to think that all people act and grow up the same way. However, I do believe that most of us experience the sane metamorphis from teen, to young adult, to adult.

On our last trip together I noticed a  subtle change in Phil. He has become less patient.   For example, he was less patient with he anglers around us. If they walked too close to the edge of the river where we were fishing he would ask them to move away in a slightly scolding manner. He also commented how it irked him when other fisherman would jump ahead of us so they could fish a pristine spot before we had a chance. When I first met Phil these things never seemed to bother him. Like all of us Phil was just getting older.

For most of us unfortunately this trend of impatience only gets worse as we grow older. This lack of patience manifests itself in different ways.  We have less patience for ineptness, we have less patience for incompetence, and at times we just have less patience for people who don’t do something the way we think it should be done.  I call this the “crodgidy old man syndrome”.  Who wants to be around a crodgidy old man?  No one.

Being patient with people is a great virtue that I try to  embrace every morning before I start a new day.  I try not to succumb to the “crodgidy old man syndrome”.  It makes the world better place for everyone I touch.

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People

LISTENING

This is my first blog entry. I wanted to write about parenting but my really cool brother suggests that I write everyday on any subject that comes to my mind. So here it goes.

I think listening is a lost art. Our attention span is so much shorter than it used to be because we are bombarded with information constantly.  We are always interrupted by something. I admire listeners. They take the time to slow down their lives so they can have a meaningful conversation. The topic isn’t important, it’s just nice to connect with a person that will take the time to just hang and talk.  Those times are rare in our busy lives. I cherish them when they occur.

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