140614 14of18 today's effort

the exact right thing was

How can one know what the exact right thing was, in that situation.

I mean, with no more information to go on, how could the great Sherlock ever know which of at least 7 different options would have been the appropriate response to the perceived (and vague) threat(s).

Of course, Conrad was no Sherlock, just the assistant to the Supervisor, so what would he know?

(That was a joke paragraph, since I am payaso!)

I wonder if there ever is a way to know if the exact right thing is even possible.  Whatever happened happened, with our without a 'reason', and certainly, expecting something to be 'the exact right thing" is a reason!  

Since the thing was chosen as it was, there is no other outcome possible, so, isn't every moment we exist because the exact right thing was happening right up until now?

All we can do is trust that the exact right thing will happen forever.

Bon Voyage, jet set mama...

GMWF

140613 14of18 entrenched

I immediately had two thoughts, if one can have two thoughts at once.

Entrenched is the word used to described Dems and Repubs, each to their own side.

But, that term of entrenched probably come from the other thought I had...

The trench warfare of WWI, when each side was literally entrenched...as diametrically and fatally opposed as any humans can be, came to mind, mostly because of the 100 year remembrances (not celebrations surely, although fun will be had by all).

As far as the demos and repubs are concerned, someone famously said, democracy is a messy business.

When the states allow districts to be carved out of single issue/conservative cloth (or African American or Chicano districts too), they allow the current mis-representation in Washington to proliferate, continue and otherwise occur.

States rights are a JOKE.  I think the least useful portion of government is the states.

Counties know way more about their own needs, and, as Americans, we expect to share and support each other, at all times.  

But that State bureaucracy adds another layer of inefficiency.  Guess I won't be any so called "conservative's" dinner party list...

It's part of human nature, more's the pity, that we each are somewhat entrenched in our own beliefs, see the world through that prism, finding patterns that please our psyche, even if nothing is really there...

Should we be entrenched?

Our beliefs what keeps us sane

But how firmly held?

That, we all have to answer to, no one can tell you how to think.

(Not sure if the entrenched Haiku crowd would have appreciated that one, it's natural enough but can a question be part of a Haiku, I ought to publish on CraigsList see what happens.

(Day 13, thank you for your kind communication.

GMWF