"I'm a deep thinker of shallow thoughts."
Today's insight is to combat those who said The Chemical Buddha wasn't a deep thinker. Because TCB saw himself as someone who thought deep thoughts about very superficial things. He was, after all, a product of the culture in which he grew up. One that prized celebrity over cause. One that thought the newest thing Detroit pooped out was more important than any social or economic issues of the day. So was it so unfathomable that he might spend waaaay too much time thinking about sex, drugs and food? If he were here, he would say, "No," because all things are related. Even those trivial things. What's important is bringing them all out into the light and then deciding what to do from there.
What do you spend your time thinking about?
How might you distract yourself from the bigger issues in your life?
How do you justify the life you're living?
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Friday, September 25, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
Honestly
“If you want to know what life is all about, ask a kid.”
Kids bring so much honesty to the table. They still haven’t figured out what is and is not socially acceptable to say to someone else. And their views of the world are pretty simple. However, it confused The Chemical Buddha when parents would tell their kids, "Honesty is the best policy," but then chastised them for giving someone their honest opinion like, "You’re ugly" or "You smell." It only served to remind TCB of one of his favorite Deep Thoughts with Jack Handy. To paraphrase, it went something like this: "The face of a child says so much. Particularly the mouth part of the face." There was a time that TCB liked the blunt directness children dished out. Until it started to hurt his feelings. So what if it was true, it still hurt. That’s why TCB preferred to talk with adults who were afraid to be direct.
Are you honest with yourself? What do you not admit to yourself?
Are you honest with others? What do you not tell other people?
How might being honest with yourself and others impact your life?
Kids bring so much honesty to the table. They still haven’t figured out what is and is not socially acceptable to say to someone else. And their views of the world are pretty simple. However, it confused The Chemical Buddha when parents would tell their kids, "Honesty is the best policy," but then chastised them for giving someone their honest opinion like, "You’re ugly" or "You smell." It only served to remind TCB of one of his favorite Deep Thoughts with Jack Handy. To paraphrase, it went something like this: "The face of a child says so much. Particularly the mouth part of the face." There was a time that TCB liked the blunt directness children dished out. Until it started to hurt his feelings. So what if it was true, it still hurt. That’s why TCB preferred to talk with adults who were afraid to be direct.
Are you honest with yourself? What do you not admit to yourself?
Are you honest with others? What do you not tell other people?
How might being honest with yourself and others impact your life?
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