Day: December 2, 2019

Or so I thought, but as I wrote it, everything became muddy and disjointed.

Sigh…

Apparently it’s one of those days!

I was thinking about laws, rules, regulations and how intrusive Law & Lawyers have become in our daily lives.

As I wrote, I realized that I’m someone who wants to do the right thing and obey the law. At the same time, I find myself feeling overly burdened and find myself wanting to stop obeying.

There’s lots of evidence that suggests rules & laws can in fact be broken with no consequence, it isn’t even a matter of scale.

This left me wondering why I don’t break more rules and why I’m not more of a scofflaw. 

Then the following thoughts went through my head;

To play it straight, is automatically more expensive. To play the game loose and fast, keeps money in your pocket, and gets you to your goal faster.

Being a stand up guy means you’re going to get screwed. Nice guys don’t get shit except being shat upon, and honest people increasingly are being seen as fools.

 

After that…

Well, the whole piece just fell apart.

So there it is. The reason there’s nothing interesting or clever in the blog today is that my brain has gone to kind of a dark place. 

I can’t even tell you what started me down this rather dark thought path.

Maybe it’s just Monday.

I’ll not inflict this darkness on you.

Like my parents used to say, “If you’ve got nothing to say, don’t prove it by opening your mouth.”

I suppose there are a lot of politicians, newscasters, and celebrities that could benefit from applying the same rule.

Until next time…