Ruminations about Life

I have discovered that life is:  IT SHOULD BE what you plan for yourself and your enjoyment and not------what others decide it to be. If you, like most of us, are a fairly nice person who likes to please and do your best for friends and family, you find out soon enough that your own plans and wishes often come to naught, because others have decided that you should do things, benefitting them. This happens in all of our walks of life. So a decision must be made by us, the servants of other's wishes. How strong are we to swim against a tide of strong minds and wills who want us to do their bidding and take our money? Think about that. Then begin in your own house to stem the flood. After we can stand up to our own families we can begin to stand up to bureaucrats who make our life hell with unnecessary rules. Stand up to TSA officials groping us--we are the only country in the world with the most intrusive system for travellers, and begin to vote out representatives and senators who decide how our precious money should be spent. I know that most of us would much prefer to spend our money on things we find important. I believe after defense, police and the necessary governmental duties things should be left to citizen involvement. So why do we let politicians take our cash and spend it on things they find important for their own advancement. Were any of you intersted in spending millions on oil exploration for, get this, Brazil? How about the billions thrown away in foreign aid to nations who would like nothing better but destroy us? How many extra hours is everyone working so that a senator or congressman can have a lifetime pension for a few short years of service? Not to speak of all the perks these people have voted themselves.    

Think, and then decide what onerous duties you would like eliminated from your life.