How To Like Almost Everyone And Be Happier
by Bucktowndusty
Ever have someone talk badly about a family member of yours?
Was your immediate response to get defensive, acknowledge the validity to the criticism while simultaneously rationalizing it away, and call attention to the good qualities your family member has?
If you answered yes, you already have the secret to liking almost everyone and being happier.
Ok, so what do I mean?
It's simple.
Take anybody in life you may have problems with and imagine they are a member of your family. Now, take whatever it was that you previously didn't like about this person and run it through your newly acquired family filter and see what happens.
What happens is you immediately give peoples' character flaws a pass, and you see them through the affirmative lens that their family members currently do.
You might say, "Well, hell, this person I know is not my relative; why should I try to see the good in him." I'd reply, "Someone related to him does and is happy to see him, too."
Sure, it takes imagination, but once you master this technique those people that seem to push your buttons and damper your days won't push your buttons or damper your days anymore. You'll see people and life a whole new, happy way.
This truly is one of the simplest and neatest ways to improve the quality of your life.
It's so simple, it's almost unbelievable that it would work so well, but it does.
If you value your happiness and time on Earth, be my family member and give it a try.
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What You See Is Not What You Get
by A. Hamilton
This week California joined a few other states in recognizing gay marriage. I personally don't agree with this decision, not because I have anything against it, but because I believe gay folks have it made with the status as it is. They just don't know it.
It reminds me of my membership with a group of guys who decided to own our own club, complete with a very wet bar and rampant gambling.
Being law abiding citizens, we applied for a liquor license not realizing that gambling and such would have to stop because we would be subject to the same laws and inspections as public establishments. Fortunately, our application was turned down so we operated as before with locked doors, a very wet bar and rampant gambling.
The same scenario applies to gay marriage being recognized under California law.
Now, married gays will have to endure the same consequences as straight marriages do with respect to pre-nuptials, divorces, alimony, distribution of property and through some quirk of nature - child support.
Just one question (maybe two); why is it when two guys form a sexual relationship, one of them invariable plays the role of a pussy and the other some kind of hulk?
And, with respect to lesbians; one of them plays the role of an overly tender female, the other as a real hard ass butch.
Why don't they just get the real deal?
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