More About Fun Police!

I got to thinking a bit more about Fun Police -- and something interesting happened.

When I open that door, it's like opening the flood gates of a dam. Seriously!

There are so many thoughts about fun, and about Fun Police in my mind, I have to rein it all in.

I recently wrote about the fun police called "Not Fast Enough". The response to that article has been overwhelming. I guess lots of people struggle with that one. And you don't have to look very far to find those people. Just try sitting in a traffic jam, or standing in line at the Post Office for a few minutes. You'll recognize them by their toe-tapping, sighing, and frantic looks of frustration.

A relationship consists of daily interactions. Therefore, it is good to step back on occasions and to look at what these interactions are like. Of every ten things we say to our partner, how many are positive? How many are negative? In the initial phases of a relationship, the proportion of positive interactions is probably high. We are full of compliments, and expressions of interest and love. For some couples, this only improves with time. However, for many couples, the picture gets less rosy.

While I was outside yesterday ripping apart one of our flower gardens to make room for an extension on our deck. I started to think about how I got to where I am right now. What had happened in my life that brought me to this point. I wasn't thinking this because of any negative thoughts, but merely out of curiosity, how did I become who I am today, and for that matter, who will I be 5 years from now, how about 10 years from now? Is there something I can do to set myself on what I currently think is the right path, or will that path most likely change with time? Maybe it was from the heat but I had to sit down and think about this, I poured myself a nice cold glass of water and started to pet my dog on his head while I started to ponder this.

The Human Ego is an interesting thing, Whenever we take offense, pride, feel jealous or almost any one of our other negative emotions, we aren't truly being who we are, we are actually acting out the motions for our egos. The majority of us are so intertwined with our egos, we can't separate our real emotions from those begin controlled by the ego within us. Parting with our egoic emotions isn't something that is easy, it takes time and energy to change our habits, but we should all strive to get to this point because when we are able to see clearly, and be ourselves instead of our ego counterparts then we can truly shine and be the people we ought to be.

There are so many times that we hear of peoples relationships ending over money issues, or of relationships that are going through tough times because of something one person bought and the other person does not agree with the purchase. I think that most, if not all of these situations can be avoided if these couples were to put in place an easy system that includes more communication and proper financial planning. I am going to try and explain the system that my wife and I use when it comes to our money and expenses. It is very simple to do, and the most important thing, is that it works. Shortly after we had our system in place, I started to notice that popular magazines like Fortune were coming out with very similar suggestions to the ones we had decided on.

In any relationship I believe that it is important for each of the people involved to take time for themselves. What I mean by this, is that you should never feel trapped or burdened to the point that you can't reflect on whats been going on in your life, away from whats going on. Both people in the relationship should understand this and allow their partner to get away from it all without any guilt for doing it. If your partner wants some time to go and hang out with some friends, let them. If you want to head out to the river and go fishing do it, and let your spouse know, ahead of time, that you are planning this so that they won't be surprised when it does happen. This is an important point that leads back to good communication.

This is a term that has been used for many years, but it seems that in todays rapidly changing work environment the 'casual business attire' has taken root as the mainstay for modern business offices. Now, don't get me wrong, I believe that it is good to have a choice of what to wear to work, but sometimes when I look around the office I really cannot believe what some people can get away with wearing to work. It almost seems as if people don't care about looking professional at all. I am writing this article because I have always believed in this phrase, not only because of the alluring key word 'success' but because when I wear nice clothes, I am more confident in myself and I do my job better, it's as simple as that.

As I look around I often ask myself where has the honour gone in today’s culture. It really is sad to see so many people who don’t make the honourable choices in life, who opt for the easier but less harmonious shortcuts. When I see people make a mistake, the first thing they do instead of admitting they made a mistake. is to try and protect themselves from any repercussions. The only way we can truly grow as people is to acknowledge the fact that we made a mistake, make it known to all affected parties that the mistake was made by you, and that you are doing everything you can to make it right. This, is doing the honourable thing, stand up and take responsibility for your actions; and by doing this people will know that they can put their trust in you to make the right decisions.