Balancing Our Lives - One Day At A Time

The last two generations have been, and continue to be, programmed for immediate gratification and socio/economical production.  These are dichotomist lifestyles, at best!  This programming also impacts those of us from the third generation up who started out with the values and mores of our parents’ generation.  The constant expectation of immediate gratification from all we do or from all that others do sets us up for far more failures and upsets than successes.  Just a casual study of how the brain works, how information is collected, how thoughts are processed, how memories are retained, and the impact a healthy diet has on brain function will show anyone who cares to investigate, how self-defeating the immediate gratification thinking system is.  If you’re a person who feels that she/he has risen above such things and stands separate and unaffected by those who haven’t – think again.  We are pack animals and what one person does impacts his/her pack in one way or another.  Every pack affects its neighboring packs.  It’s the wonder of nature, baby!  Get into it.

When I think about the intricacies of living, I am reminded of just how overwhelming it can be.  Personally, I now choose to deal with it by taking life one bite at a time.   Today’s bite deals with a simple act of helping another gain a sense of satisfaction.  I’m calling it Female Camaraderie and you'll find it under the Forethought & Reflections tab.