Things You Can Depend On

Like the old saying goes by Benjamin Franklin:

Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

So those are 2 things you can depend on but also there are others.

CEO's will always have to increase the bottom line. Making products more expensive and paying employees less, and cutting jobs or transporting them over seas. They will also cut benefits until there are none eventually. Say good bye to pensions for retirement like the general motors workers did.

Lawmakers have to make new laws. These laws are to help out companies or to make things illegal that don't hurt anyone. If they could find a way to make under the table transactions illegal they would.

Taxes always rise. Read my lips on this one. And when they cut spending yet still raise taxes that just shows how much politicians can get away with.

Crime only rises. A well known fact is that as the economy goes down crime rises. The only way crime goes down is if you move to a less populated area. In the 50's nobody ever had to lock their doors. The only reason we have locks is because people like to steal things.

Population only grows. God almighty is blessing us because every child is a miraculous gift from god. So then why is it a good thing that demand goes up and supply goes down because of this.

Insurance is a paradox. If you need it, you can't get it. If you don't need it, they'll happily give it to you. If you just want one check up per year that's already factored into the yearly cost so why not just pay the doctor directly. Even with universal health care we will still always pay the same amount to the doctors in the end. The only coverage worth getting is catastrophic coverage. But why pay for that when you can get it for free from state run medicaide?

The economy in America can only go down. Because we are now a world economy, all our jobs are being transported overseas because other countries are now building infrastructure. The dollar is becoming worthless. There is no way for entrepreneurs to succeed when there are monopolies everywhere in America.

Rents and bills only go up. Have you ever seen rents or bills go down?

Accidents will happen. As long as you trust other people in any way shape or form there will always be untrustworthy people or just accidents that they caused and you couldn't prevent.

Change is always for the worse. Based on all of the above, I think you'll agree with me on this one!

Religious Sayings

There are 2 ways of looking at the universe:

1. Either everything happens for a reason, or
2. Nothing happens for a reason.

God rewards assholes and idiots.

Be Yourself

When you feel bad, one way to look at it is to stay positive, but instead of being perpetually positive, you may choose to just be yourself.
It's similar to the quotes:

"Honesty is the best policy" And "Honesty is the currency of love". And "You can't be everything to everybody", and "No one will punish you for doing your best, or being yourself".

Because you should at least be honest about how you feel and who you are and not be what other people want you to be or to feel. And if you can't be who you were born to be in this world then what kind of world is this.
Also live your own life instead of living other peoples lives.
It's all about selectively focusing on good things, and not focusing on other peoples problems. Instead focus on your own life(which is all you have time for anyway), and mentally block out other people who force their problems onto you. We do this naturally which is why we are able to do extreme sports like cliff diving. We focus on logic instead of fear.
So for now my current philosophy that I am testing is, "Be yourself, and live your own life."