I Wanna Be a Good Man

The world seems to be full of gray. Black and white is a long lost ideal that can never be recovered. The world is now a pragmatist’s world, and the mascot for mankind is Bill Clinton. There are those who would have us believe that every situation is governed by nuance and we should just do whatever seems most advantageous at the time in whatever situation we find ourselves in.

Sometimes the decisions and situations that seem as though they'd be the hardest end up being rather simple when we boil everything down to the basics. Last week, I wrote the five principles that I wanted to guide my life from here on out. I want to have these 5 characteristics be the five things people will remember about me at my funeral. The principles are listed below...but the point is that I've taken actions and made decisions that I never imagined I could. And it was simple and easy. Some things still are black and white. You just need to boil it down and ignore the distractions.

The world today isn’t full of gray. It’s full of distractions. It isn’t the intellectuals that the forces of evil fear. It’s us simpletons who boil everything down to the basics and see the truth for what it is.

Live your life simple, and examine it on a regular basis.

I want to live life:
1. Honestly
2. Sveltely
3. Faithfully
4. Financially soudly
5. Loving my neighbor as myself
Note: I abbreviated these for public consumption