What
Matters Most…….Commentary by Jim High
Are you worried about the Mayan
Calendar that is supposed to say the end of the world is going to be December
21, 2012? Do you believe Big Foot lives
in the woods of the Northwest? What about
flying saucers? These are all fantasies.
Let's take flying saucers as an
example. You’ve seen lots of photos claiming to be objects that look like
flying saucers. We read lots of reports of sightings in the sky, some even by
pilots and others who are not idiots, but intelligent responsible people. We humans have even done some limited space
travel ourselves by going to the moon.
But, there are three kinds of people
when it comes to this fantasy. First are
people who say flying saucers are just not real, period. Second are the people who are flying
saucer nuts and believe it all, so much so that some think they have been
abducted and taken somewhere. And third
are those who, like me, think there might be something to it, but we have
no proof and the evidence does not point to any type of valid logical
reasonable explanation of why other worlds would be flying around just looking
at us without contacting us directly. So
for now we just say when the evidence shows they are real, we will agree that they
are real.
Which are you as it relates to flying
saucers? And more importantly, which are
you about all those other fantasies that exist out there. It’s always best to live in reality instead of
fantasy. It’s better to rely on facts
and hard evidence, not fantasies or wishful thinking.
“We
know our life as it exists only here, in this world; therefore, if our life is
to have any meaning, it should be here in this world.” ---Leo Tolstoy
“Do not
wish for death just because your life is hard. All the burdens on your shoulders will help
you fulfill your destiny. The only way
to get rid of your burdens is to live your life in such a way that you fulfill
your destiny.” ---Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Life
is neither suffering nor pleasure, but the business which we have to do, and
which we have to finish honestly, up to our life’s end.” ---Alexis De Tocqueville
What Matters Most………………Live in the reality that is before
you and don’t let fantasy about anything get in the way of understanding the
reality of your life. Don’t give fantasies
a second thought.
© 2012#10 Jim
High can be reached at P. O. Box 467, Tupelo, MS 38802-0467
