Talking to the Wind

A lot of times I think, what use is an idea if it's never shared?  But now I realize that even an unshared idea may be worth a lot.  I believe Laozi was full of ideas, and was prepared to place himself in isolation forever until a guard at a palace practically begged him to spread his ideas.  Laozi must have seen the value in talking to the wind, whereas most people would consider it a waste of time.  Why spend so much time coming up with so many ideas and never tell them to anyone who can hear them?  Did Laozi believe if he spoke to the wind the wind would magically tell somebody else his idea?  Probably not.  But he had enough peace within his soul to realize that promoting himself just to get his ideas heard isn't worth it sometimes.  Sometimes it's just better to stay quiet and let your ideas die peacefully within yourself, rather than let your ego get the best of you and spend your whole life trying to get someone to hear what you have to say.  But the wind is always happy to listen and never is offended by anyone that wants to share.  It always has time to listen.  So take the time to talk to it and give it your ideas.  Ideas help you and the wind, even if they hinder everyone else.

Celebrity Revenue Service

The other day I was tempted to create a code to parody the ridiculous Internal Revenue Code.  I'd call it the Celebrity Revenue Code and keep it just as complex and just as goofy as the Internal Revenue Code it represents.  The main form would be a 1040 form of course, but everyone with capital gains would have to fill out a schedule D to see how much they owe Justin Bieber, and a form 7347 to see if their deductions are eligible to be paid to Snooki instead of Kim Kardashian.

Angry Charities

Which person is better, the one who automatically wills to do good and goes along with it, or the one who automatically wills to do bad and fights against it?  Obviously the one fighting against his own will has to go through a lot more work.

With that in mind, I'd be interested in seeing a website called angrycharities.org.  It would be based on an idea that there are some people in this world who do not want to do good, but feel obligated to do good and do not wish to disguise that fact.  They desire to be sincere and not mask themselves with a smile, but they still wish to do the will of God in taking care of his people.

Service with a frown.

Also, I'm wondering if the emergence of angry charities would encourage more people to avoid getting into situations that drive them to depend on charity.  "Shoot, that charity was mean to me.  I'm going to try to support myself so I don't have to deal with those a-holes anymore."  Of course it would still be a bummer to be rough to people in legitimate need.  But oh well.  That's why angrycharities.org is just fictional.

Still it would be refreshing to see a dose of anti-hypocrisy, where people try to make themselves look bad while doing good, instead of trying to look good while doing bad.  Imagine if we had a politician that did that.