Tao of Yokai

Good Evening!


Today was filled with frustrating phone calls, a sincere good bye to one of the managers in my store, biting cold weather, and cat fur tumbleweeds.

I guess I should start out with the Tao of Pooh. This book has been out for a while, and after speaking with a customer on the phone, I finally remembered I wanted to buy this book. So I checked it out at work. So far, I've read the forward and the first 3 pages. That is more than I have managed to read from Nora Robert's Morrigan's Cross. Not that I don't like Nora's book, it's just it takes a lot for me to sit down and read it. After a month now, I've read 78 pages. I suck. I'm digressing. Tao of Pooh. So far I've learned that excitement of life is all the little things that construct it. Pooh is apparently more wise than we thought. Silly ole bear.

This entry, I've decided to call Tao of Yokai. Not to toot my own horn, but, I think my rants should be a national following. Maybe if more people were dodging the "stupid stick," the world would be a much... who the hell am I kidding? The world more complicated in an uncomplicated way. The simplicity of life as a concept has been advanced so much, we require manuals and guides to get us through, ie. Self help books written by pompous Texans that were given the celebrity title through more pompous double minorities.

Life is simple. Stop making it difficult. Men and women are anatomically, physically, mentally, and emotionally different. We are not equal in any sense. Sorry. We ain't. We think differently. We experience the world differently. We even have different languages. Once you come to grips with this astonishing realization, relationships become a whole lot easier. I know, pot calling the kettle black, but so many of our gender related problems are because we assume that the other is the same, so we don't listen and we stop learning. We can't. This is what happened to the do do bird. Yeah, they started taking all there problems to their version of Dr. Phil. So for just once, stop and listen. Notice I said listen, not hear. Instead of a bitter argument, give out hugs and smiles. Or, spark up a doobie. Whatever paints tye dye.

Life is about being. Religion/faith/ beliefs aside for a moment. Yes, you can actually take these out of a conversation and it's not blasphemous. This is call being open-minded. Trust me. Someone along time ago was very open-minded when all these faiths came into being. So just listen/read. No one can physically prove what happens after you die. I'm not saying splurge ridiculously on life, but, enjoy it. What good is it that such a beautiful world with such wonder and splendor was created if no one absorbs it. Not like greenhouse effects, tards! How many people do you know that have been on a volcano? I have. Flown across a desert? I have. Lived in a valley? I have. Seen and bustled through a forest? I have. How about tasted the water of at least two different oceans? Gross, I know, but I've done it. Just think about. How have you enjoyed our beautiful planet? Maybe you should if you haven't. It would be a shame if you died, and have never experience this world. Your epitaph would say, " Here lies ( fill in your name). Never once left his/her home. Never once took a chance. Never once lived.

Life is too short, but an eternity if not spent well. To go along with the above, use your life. What I am slowly learning is your life is not based on a instance. Many instances, yes. Once bad moment opens up to several good ones. Moments are steps. Those steps lead to a path. The path becomes a journey. The end matters not. It is the journey that measures your character. Enjoy where you are (for better or worse). However, don't settle.

Life is about respect. Respect is can either be a one way or a two way street. In a professional way, respect goes down to subordinates. Without giving respect, one cannot expect loyalty. Loyalty does not necessarily means respect, but it can. Without loyalty a corporation or an empire will fall. Once loyalty is in place, respect will follow. In personal ways respect is two way. To get you must give. Respecting everything and everyone or the crucial part it/they play in our universe. Without respect, only voids exists. Voids are cold and empty. Voids depend on nothing. Nor do they give anything. Voids are what exist when nothing else does. There is no negative or positive. Just nothingness.

So deep. This was brought on from work today. I received so many phone calls that the callers were either extremely rude, insensitive, or ignorant. Maybe it was just a bad day because of the weather. I hate when attitudes are blamed on the weather. Humans are a thinking creature, and should not blame their actions on the abstract. Rule of three. Don't forget. So behave out there!

Have a blessed evening!

On Tuesday when it hails and snows,
The feeling on me grows and grows
That hardly anybody knows
If those are these and these are those.

Winnie the Pooh ( Tao of Pooh)

Yokai Kifujin