1. A name of a female (or male - depending on origins), or
2. An ancient civilization known to have inhabited parts of Central America four thousand or so years ago, or
3. Illusion by another name.
Take your pick but what I am thoughtfully vegetating over is the notion that we as a society have no clue about what we are doing right now and what we ought or ought not to do. Many a theorist, captialist, socialist and politician alike have marketed their messages of how they know it and you don't, to their scores of believers and the sheep are merely doing their part in following the goatherd.
The genre of the self-help, or for Dummies category exemplifies this thesis.
The whole business of preaching is frankly overrated. Its Maya. Perhaps 'Illusion' is the best meaning. Perhaps SMOKE - whether from a Camel, Rothmans, Dunhill; from an old truck or a finely crafted Bentley; whether black or white from Dharavi to the Vatican - its just smoke and mirrors you fools.
You have popes on pulpits, degreed financial planners offering instant analysis on what your asset allocation model should look like to palmists reading your next eight street turns (better than a GPS) to El Presidente announcing h/she can revert their economies to a growth oriented, leader in the next term if they only elect him. Its as reliable as the fortune in your next post prandial chinese cookie! Lucky numbers 8, 14, 69, 78 .. seek and you shall find or some such mumbo.
Everybody has someone to sell. That includes me.. someone o someone read this blog and make it a one time hit so I can get Fortun(ate) brands to advertise here and I can retire.
Then I will stop blowing it - Smoke that is.
This autumn the weather gods cooperated as we took a family trip in the northeast to see six states that qualify or makeup what is known colloquially in America as New England. Mass, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island (tiniest state in the union). The outing helped tally up the states we either lived in, visited or have worked in to 47. Guess which three have eluded this intrepid traveling family. Any rate the drive was all in about 1,800 miles and included some memorable geographic wonders or points of interest. Easternmost part of state of Massachusetts being one. Furthest drivable road east in Mass being another. Visit to all Ivy League schools (term harkens to a collegiate athletics conference and generally regarded as elite academic institutes of some repute worldwide) is another random bucket list item of which this trip afforded the chance to knock two more of the list. Dartmouth in Hanover, NH and Brown (and its sister institute the RISD - school f
Maybe you should slip in some brand names as proxy advertising too...like while I was shaving with my xxx razor today, or while I sprayed copious quantities of xxx after shave/deo,...that way, you will reach your financial goals faster..>How's that for a prescription?
ReplyDeleteActually while sipping the last of my XXX Old Monk I saw the light!
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