"Life is a drinking game."
The Chemical Buddha said a lot of things that he thought were clever. However, this might be one of the very few things he said that other people actually thought was clever too. (It also worked as a good excuse to be drunk all of the time.) TCB used this insight to remind himself not to take life too seriously. He thought life was a game where you figured out how to win as you went along. (By win, TCB meant getting what you wanted out of life.) He noticed that everyone operated under a different set of rules. But, for whatever reason, drinking seemed to help people forget the rules they learned and just go for what they wanted to do.
Do you think life has 'rules'?
If so, what 'rules' do you follow?
What 'rules' do you want others to follow?
Do you think there are 'rules' that apply only to you? And ones that apply only to others?
If so, what are they?
Showing posts with label rules. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rules. Show all posts
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Honk! Honk!
“If they didn’t want you to drive on the sidewalks, they wouldn’t pave them.”
Before The Chemical Buddha lost his driver’s license, one of his life philosophies was if it was paved, you could drive on it. We’re pretty sure it was this thinking that lead to his losing his, as the judge put it, ‘privilege to drive’. But The Chemical Buddha was all about pushing the rules as far as he could. Maybe it was because his parents’ rules were always changing. One day it wasn’t OK to smoke pot, the next it was OK as long as he did it his bedroom. Until finally, he could smoke pot in the living room as long as he kept his pants on. Eventually, they even gave up on that. So he learned it was possible to push and get away with stuff. Of course, he also found the court of law wasn’t that forgiving. No matter how much he whined about it. The rules actually did apply to him too. Unless he was super rich.
Where in your life do you push your boundaries?
Do you try to whine and weasel your away around people’s boundaries or do you respect them and work within them? What are the results of that?
Before The Chemical Buddha lost his driver’s license, one of his life philosophies was if it was paved, you could drive on it. We’re pretty sure it was this thinking that lead to his losing his, as the judge put it, ‘privilege to drive’. But The Chemical Buddha was all about pushing the rules as far as he could. Maybe it was because his parents’ rules were always changing. One day it wasn’t OK to smoke pot, the next it was OK as long as he did it his bedroom. Until finally, he could smoke pot in the living room as long as he kept his pants on. Eventually, they even gave up on that. So he learned it was possible to push and get away with stuff. Of course, he also found the court of law wasn’t that forgiving. No matter how much he whined about it. The rules actually did apply to him too. Unless he was super rich.
Where in your life do you push your boundaries?
Do you try to whine and weasel your away around people’s boundaries or do you respect them and work within them? What are the results of that?
Labels:
boundaries,
buddha,
pot,
privilege,
rules,
super rich
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)
