I found Shangri-La

Today is a very philosophical day at the Industry. The ticker went up a bit as I decided to pump a little capital in the business ventures. I enjoyed a wonderful turkey sandwich for dinner, complete with the Grey Poopon (It's Poupon*, but I like Poopon better!), some tasty Herr's potato chips and potato salad. I enjoyed both an oatmeal-raisin and a chocolate chip cookie for desert. For the record, the two go together just fine..

But getting back to the philosophical thing...after my wonderful sandwich I decided to look at a calendar of mine. It is not important why I looked at the calendar, but as I was looking at it, I thought of something.

Every person in this world, every human, feels time differently.

I used to view time as a particularly goal-oriented phenomenon. For example, Wednesday was always the the day before Thursday, which was the day where 'tommorow' would be Friday, which marked the last day before the weekend. I know that may sound confusing, but not to me, whom always looked forward to the weekend as a break from school. The weekend was always the 'goal' . Any day other than the weekend was simply a step to be accomplished to get to the weekend.

Then, I matured. I used my brain. It wasn't a gradual thing. One day, I realized that time wasn't just a series of markers to get to a goal...it was a precise measure of specific moments. Each moment deserved to be cherished and treated individually. Rather than think of time in cumulative terms, I began to think of time as a series of infinite opportunities. Each second, each day I did something different. New experiences at every turn.

And the most amazing thing happened. Time slowed down. I began to live longer. By experiencing different types of things, my brain was not able to process my life as fast as it once could.

Sadly, now I find myself losing that ability. I am stuck doing the same thing again. I am stuck looking at the calendar.

I can't relate how important my discovery is. It takes stockbrokers and businessmen 65 years (66 w/ benefits in some areas) before they realize that if they spent their years seeing more things besides the inside of a Starbucks and the side of a Wall St cubicle, they could have lived a life twice as long...

My motto is to try new things, and be your own entrepreneur. That will do more for you than Shangri-La ever could.