Saturday, June 20, 2009

....Money, its a crime. Share it fairly but dont take a slice of my pie. Money, so they say Is the root of all evil today.

The largest controller in the world at this time is money.
We slave away for it, go to great lengths to get it store it in mattresses and special building with walls more secure than the buildings where our young are born.
Money can either liberate or enslave as it has for thousands of years. Those of us that don't have it work for those that do.
I posted an excerpt from the lyrics to Pink Floyd's song "Money" as my title to help me gain slight perspective.
See the problem with money is that it's ever fleeting, it's always grounded in uncertainty.
And it's always controlled by those unseen.
Or is it?
The truth is we are one of the wealthiest generations ever. Compared to the rest of the world we can buy what we want and need (not necessarily in that order).
And the truth is very few of us are not captive to greed.

I pose the question what is work worth and whats is really the value of money?
I mean it's paper or metal and sometimes it's not even that... for instance. The stock market is a trade in shares and stocks. Digital numerals that aren't guaranteed to have any physical backing whatsoever.
Not trying to knock our system of trade, but simply trying give a realistic view of the thing we spend most of our day obeying.

Where do you place your wealth?

Monday, June 8, 2009

Tick tock goes the clock....

This is the second in what is seemingly a never ending sea of discontent.
"Time" is the beast I speak of, it swallows us whole without our consent. How many different instances has "time" come up in your daily life? 9-5, 24/7 365, time has become more than just a unit of measurement it has become the invisible dominator of society.
We measure our lives, and grade some aspect of ourselves with it, making false assumptions that the longer we have the more we can get done. This subversive line is again based on quantity rather than quality.
Moving about with wary eyes firmly fixed on an invisible constraint can cause a loss of focus.
Imagine for a moment if you were able to focus on each activity you engaged in with the utmost singularity. With out deadlines, and the constant pull of the next thing. The quality of all you do would increase significantly... being able to play everything out to it's completion.

And I'm not speaking of living in the moment with reckless abandon. I'm Speaking of shearing the chains and constraints of schedule.
Don't look at the clock... cause it'll just come back around to say the same thing again.