He Shoots. He Scores!

Published on May 22, 2006 By Dr Guy In Blogging

Ever seen the commercial where the vegged out guy is sitting in front of the TV, and his non-vegged out friends are trying to get him involved? I watch so little commercial TV, that when there is a clever one I do catch (I did see the Superbowl and those - even the lame ones) one, I remember it. Truth be told, I dont remember the product they are selling (in this case I think it was potato chips, but dont quote me).

Well, sad to say as I have gotten older, and my brain more fuller, that is how I approacch life. Keeping the important stuff and forgetting the irrelevant.

I did learn late in life, but not too late (thank you sons) that the important stuff (as Gideon will tell you early in life - I so envy him) is your children. After that, and the other family members (family is forever - friends are for now), there is work. Which with me changes daily (Latest - MS vs Symantec! I got front row seats!). Of course there are the distractions. Elliot Yamin (odd man out, but his appearance here sold out in 15 minutes).

We all have them.The priorities. yes, Family First (even if I do not agree with the radio commercials of that name), Work second, Friends, and loved ones.

And then comes what makes us appreciate the edenic nature of our private lives. The gnats and flies. Those buzzing things that torment us, but offer no real substantive value to our lives. When we are young we hate them! For they are the reason we cannot live in eden!

But as we get older, we realize that is God's way of showing us that we are living and how to appreciate the good times!

Right now, we have a beautiful, edenic weather! The bad part (the gnats and crap) is that it is too beautiful to turn on the AC and that is not good for my wife.

That will change soon enough. The gnats will still be here (in her case the pollens) , but then so will the heat and humidity. But AC takes care of it, and antihistemenes takes care of her allergies for now.

Yin and yang. Good and bad.

Some people will never understand that. You cannot have eden without satan to show you evil. Such is life. I learned many lessons late in life. That one, I learned early. The gnats dont bother me as I can safely retreat to a gnatless enviironment as they angrily try to penetrate what they do not understand.

let them buzz! We dont have to worry about their buzzing any longer.

Comments

MasonM

on May 22, 2006

The balancing of the duality of of the universe. Yep, that's the trick.

dynamaso

on May 22, 2006

let them buzz! We dont have to worry about their buzzing any longer.

I'm lucky... My tintinitus means I never hear the buzzing of flies, mosquitos, gnats etc.

Dr Guy

on May 23, 2006

The balancing of the duality of of the universe. Yep, that's the trick.

Recognizing it is the fun tho! It is an epiphany.

Dr Guy

on May 23, 2006

My tintinitus means I never hear the buzzing of flies, mosquitos, gnats etc

But they still bite too. Knowing you can escape them is the realization of what how to control your own destiny.

dynamaso

on May 23, 2006

But they still bite too.

The funny thing about this is that I'm not bothered with their bites anymore either. I used to be the sort of person who would be bitten to pieces by mosquitos while everyone around me remained relatively bite-free. Now, because I can't hear them, they don't seem to bother me anymore. Weird, huh?

island_gurl12

on May 24, 2006

You got a cookie for this line DrGuy:

You cannot have eden without satan to show you evil. Such is life.

Very insightful stuff.

Sally jacobs

on May 25, 2006

What a wonderful article! I am still young and I think that I do allow the silly stuff to frustrate me at times! I am learning what is important though, and family is top of the list! I agree with you, we can only appreciate the good stuff once we know how bad things can be!

foreverserenity

on May 30, 2006

Those allergies can be a killer. I have them too, seasonal allergies. There are certain times I'm just of no use to anyone when it bothers me.

I guess you're like my husband who turns the AC on for everything.

I see a kind of double entendre here in your writing Doc, or maybe I'm mistaken? Anyway, it's good when you realise what's important to you.

Dr Guy

on May 31, 2006

Now, because I can't hear them, they don't seem to bother me anymore. Weird, huh?

Can you bottle that and sell me some?

Dr Guy

on May 31, 2006

You got a cookie for this line DrGuy:

You cannot have eden without satan to show you evil. Such is life.

Very insightful stuff.

The concept was forwarded by Phillip Jose Farmer in his Riverworld series (Yes, it is Sci Fi). I have always found it to be very simplistic, yet very profound.

Dr Guy

on May 31, 2006

I agree with you, we can only appreciate the good stuff once we know how bad things can be!

There is actually a corollary to that. When I lost my job the first time, a lady who went to my church and whose husband had just lost his as well told me "Never say it cant get any worse. It can.". I have remembered that line since then.

Dr Guy

on May 31, 2006

I guess you're like my husband who turns the AC on for everything.

I see a kind of double entendre here in your writing Doc, or maybe I'm mistaken? Anyway, it's good when you realise what's important to you.

Actually, I hate AC, but accomodate my wife. We have a whole house fan that never gets used, but I use to use it exclusively until the temps got inthe upper nineties (with the humidity of course as you well know living in Florida).

As for the double entendre, I suppose re-reading it, one can look at it that way. For there are other gnats and flies in our lives other than the insect kind. I guess that comes down to dont sweat the petty stuff and dont pet the sweaty stuff!

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