The Spin of the Ball

I sometimes talk for too long. I wonder how many people have asked me a question, hoping for a concise answer, only to hear me waffle on. It haunts me. But hey, maybe I didn’t write the script. Maybe God wrote all those words for me, so that I would get embarrassed. So that I would learn. So that I would realise that I don’t need to get so attached to me, and worry about how others see me. Maybe God wrote this blog through me to console me. To console Him when He thought He was me.

What kind of world do you want to be in? One where retail staff aren’t allowed to sit down? I suspect the world becomes heaven for you once you allow others to do what you allow yourself to do, and vice versa. Do unto others kind of thing. You might want a more relaxed world, but maybe you’ll only get it when you allow yourself and others to relax. I can’t think of any good examples. When I was in Italy, I noticed people often stood in doorways of cafes. That behaviour is fine for them, but only heavenly if they are ok with other people standing in doorways.

Smart people. The ones we call smart usually seem miserable. They have been told they have a powerful brain and they’ve decided to try to solve the world’s problems with it. But in order to solve problems, you must look for them. And you will find them. How smart is that?

I think the smartest people are the ones who have found contentment. That thing that eludes many of us. While they may speak simply and humbly, they are the greatest minds in my book.