Pulseloose Speaks
From O.L. Pulseloose,
Ph.D.To whom it will not concern: My life consists of many primary considerations. They include:
- Love of existence.
- Family.
- Gardening.
- Pet care.
- Investing.
- National politics.
- International politics.
- Local politics.
- Sports.
- Music.
- Science.
- Art.
- Hobbies.
- Health.
- Travel.
- Friends.
- Spirituality.
- Career.
- Community service.
- Astrology.
- Literature.
- Cinema.
- Child care.
- Exercise.
- Learning.
- House work.
- It is my opinion -- worthless really -- that a life well-lived will be characterized by committing one's self to adapting a balanced division of these and other considerations. There are 26 considerations on the list I just spent five minutes recording. By the end of today I believe I could extend the list to 50 considerations although I also think the 26 I noted are sufficiently comprehensive for the purpose of the following exercise I commend.
- Balanced division would equate to committing equal 1/26th portions of time alloted to each consideration. In that design, I can spend 1/26th of my time and mental and physical energy to pondering, let's say national politics and in the same day, another 1/26th to both family and spirituality, as examples.
- Here is where I am trying to go with this rant: I do not believe it is healthy to spend more than 1/26th of one's internal resources on any one consideration -- life and existence are too broad and open ended for that to be a worthy use of time and energy. The hypothesis I seek to shape is born of fatigue. I am, sad to confess, becoming worn out from the non-stop onslaught of partisan, ideological pounding I take from others who for reasons intrinsic to their own needs continue to confront me with their own biases.
- To them and to anyone listening I can summarize this hysterical rhetorical run through my own tattered cerebellum by concluding: National politics is but one more small piece in the larger picture. If you don't like the current president or the political party he represents, that's fine with me. Just know I aspire to a larger perspective on existence and refuse to fester on this piece exclusively as there is way too much else going on in my own life for me to become bogged down in other's fears, insecurities and myopic takes on governance. The smartest person I know (he holds 15 patents) believes our president is the brightest in the past 150 years. Others think he is a Muslim extremist bent on destroying our nation. Go figure ... and save 1/26ths of your mental money for hobbies.
