Month: April 2009

What came first the chicken or the egg? Our Economy, Happiness, Love, Health!

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result, and the thought of what came first, the chicken or the egg… this circular pattern, could quite possibly drive you insane!

 

In our economy we could say that the fear of a recession could cause people to spend less, which would reduce demand, which causes a recession. 

 

In our pursuit of happiness we could say that if I only had this or that I would be happy, but since I do not have this or that, I am not happy.

 

In our quest for loving relationships we may tend to date the same type of person, make the same mistakes, and have the same result.

 

In health we all know people who sit and complain all the time about how unhealthy and overweight they are, all the while they are still sitting and complaining and not doing anything towards getting healthier.

 

I am sure these are all things that you have heard or thought of before, and breaking these cycles is easier said than done.  My thought here is this… what if we all came from the place or thought process that we already have everything that we need.   That the chicken and the egg just existed at the same time.  That we can be happy without those things, and we can be healthier right now!  We do not have to get it, we just have to be it! Be happier, be healthier, be loving right now! In every moment and in every choice, or conversation, or thought!

 

 

Just a thought!

 

 

Love,

 

Goldi

 

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Goldilocks, Lagom, the Economy, Life and Opportunity! Part 2 – Goldi’s Way!

I believe that in the economic climate that we are in that there is no better time than the present to make the shift of having our perfect life, and helping to create a perfect world.  In an earlier blog I talked about the three men who recently created Bump Technologies, and how that was not anything that I could, or would want to create. Technology is not my passion. It is however exactly what they wanted to create and they did just that!  They might also like Harley Davidson motorcycles… They are a great, great, motorcycle manufacturer, but I have no desire to own one.  I however love good quality handcrafted furniture and I love to just admire the beauty of certain pieces.   My point is that we should all follow our own dreams and not be afraid to have we want, and not be afraid to try to accomplish what we want, and not be afraid to be great at what we do!  We should also be aware of not having or desiring those things that we do not really want, just because our neighbor has them.  If we all took this approach, then we would have less but whatever we had would be of the highest quality.  We would all be living at our highest level and we would have, in our own opinion, the best art, the best furniture, and the best new technology that we desire. Again, we want different things so every area of interest would continue to grow.  We would live happier enjoying what we did, and would have more time to do the things that we wanted.  No longer would we need to run around in circles trying to do, and have and be things that other people say we should do, and have, and be.  So again lets take the basic principle of Lagom, the idea of the perfect amount of everything, and tweak it a little, and make it into what is just right for us… we will call it Goldi’s way!

 

Just a thought!

 

Love,

Goldi

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Goldilocks, Lagom, the Economy, Life and Opportunity! Part 1

In my perfect Goldilocks world everything is not too much, or not too little, but “just right” for me, for Goldi.  Lagom is a Swedish word meaning pretty much the same, having not too much or not too little, but the “just right” amount.  It is my opinion that most Swedes mean this to be in moderation, in balance, and in appropriateness for everyone about everything.   Having too much of anything would be inappropriate, and out of balance. They believe that there is a certain respectable level of attainment of goods, space and even happiness. Simplified and in an environmentally sustainable world I get the idea, for example, that maybe we only need two towels. One towel to use when we are drying ourselves off, while the other towel is being washed.   This would be sufficient, so it would be best – Lagom.  Now our closets could be smaller, our homes could be smaller, less energy would be used for the homes and for the production of towels.  Towel selling stores could be very small, because towels last a very long time.  So more energy saved etc. etc.… and so far all I have been talking about is towels. What if we expanded that to everything?  How great that would be for our environment!  But what about the economy, would appropriateness make things obsolete?  Would we ever need new technology?   Would we rationalize our way into lethargy?  Would we be happy? Everything would be just fine the way it is for as long as it is, until one day manufactures could no longer produce anything, because no one was buying things anymore.  So manufacturing jobs were lost, and sales clerks, and the carpenters that built the stores were no longer needed, and the engineers that built the machines, and the managers, the secretaries, and the marketing company, and again I could go on and on… and I know that I am way over simplifying this, but please bear with me.

I also get that if I have a hundred dollars and I spent it at any store that the store could pay suppliers, staff etc. and then those paid people could spend it at the grocery store, at another store, pay their staff, or pay their bills… then those people would get to spend the money, and so on and so on.  So I also get that we need to spend to keep the world evolving.  To get the new technologies that will someday make this world a better place, and to give us a reason to create or whatever it is that we like to do… to live!  …and no I am not advocating hording or consumerism.  I just think that a modified version of Lagom would be ideal.

Please read Part 2 – Opportunities in our Economy and Life!

Just a thought!

Love,

Goldi

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