Brown Motion

What is success and what makes someone successful is matter of intense debate and points of view.  That said America's shopping malls sometimes also contribute to the public discourse wittingly or unknowingly like the sign I recenly spotted in a major department store. Outside of the ubiquitous pitch of a "not to be missed - one of a kind sale" in some department or another, every other day and in between these signs sometimes provide a moment of rare levity...   Now I am one for always keeping your fluids balanced but to make the leap from a well - balanced internal plumbing to feeling career minded was even hard for me to take.  I observed the signage carefully and was even delighted to see the fine print that read " Success Starts Here"! There was no exclamation point - but I thought it deserved one.  What does the readership think?

I am a fan of the Charlie Rose show on American Public Television.  I record all of them and then selectively watch them as I vegetate. On couple of recent interviews with the accomplished citizenry that he invites to talk, I heard a lot about resumes vs. eulogies.  The thought is that people often work hard at building an image of who they are when they are alive but often forget to think beyond. Now truth be told that the very accomplished end up in an ideal spot where they effectively give away all that they made when living, which sets them up for a nice eulogy.  But the message was clear.  We need to pay attention to more Living and less Chasing. When our electronic devices remind us that there is only critical amount of juice left to perform critical tasks (not text your latest hobby to your thousand friends but make that all important phone call you have been putting off), we seem to go on a panic attack and want to find the nearest charging temple ...