Beware of hype

Beware of hype.

Why?

People, organizations, and institutions use hype.

Why?

To motivate. To convince. To sell.

History has longs lists for how hype is used for good and for evil.

Ironically, hype for good has historically led to hype for evil. Humans process heavenly DNA and devilish DNA.

The solution?

Find a million ways to stick to common-sense, time-tested basics.

The real challenge is to learn how to discern what’s best for you.

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Serve yourself first

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This has always been the case. Fascinating how true it is.

Who should you serve first?

Not a trick question.

You know the answer.

But you’re embarrassed by your answer.

Get over it.

Serve yourself first.

Why?

Why what?

Why serve yourself first?

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Happy winter 2024, spirit

Winter began one day ago. Let’s think about how we traditionally spend our cold, “gloomy” winters…

Ever think of yourself as a Priest, Pastor, Rabbi, Shaman, etc?

If yes, why?

If no, why?

Let’s assume a few things:

  1. Priests, Pastors, Rabbis, Shamans, etc serve others
  2. Serving others is a huge responsibility
  3. Serving others should never trump serving yourself
  4. Serving yourself is never selfish
  5. Taking care of yourself allows you to take care of others

We become what we think about.

Intentionally or unintentionally.

Can you imagine the difference between the two approaches?

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Right like you mean it

Garmin GPS webpage
Satellite tracking device for Glacier. Upgraded to the newer model last year. While it’s similar to a compass, it most closely mirrors the Mobile phone. You can communicate where wifi and cell signal doesn’t exist. You’d be completely disconnected without this device. On a rare occasion, this could be disasterous.

Right like you mean it.

This is intentionally different (and similar) to today’s first post, “Write like you mean it“.

People want to be right.

People don’t necessarily want others to be wrong.

People simply do not want to be “the people who are wrong”.

Life, the Universe, ideas, and literally everything has a ying and yang. An opposite.

They say opposites attract.

Opposites divide too.

Last night at a political rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, former President Donald Trump was apparently shot in a likely assignation attempt.

Right and wrong is a simple example of opposites.

Perhaps ‘right like you mean it’ conveys a belief that has no opposite.

Killing another person seems irrefutably wrong.

Self-defense is a different story.

A political rally…could the gunman have held the belief that he was acting in self defense?

This is one way life gets complicated.

i’m not smart enough to know a definitive answer in either direction.

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Why do you love Glacier so much?

biking in the mountains
2018, maybe? McDonald Creek. Mount Cannon center. Oberlin far left. Clements, between Oberlin and Cannon. C-ya real soon.

Q. Why do i love Glacier so much?

A. To me Glacier feels like the Universe’s epicenter.

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