1. The earth is ...like...our home. We live in a totally convenient society where we don't hesitate to use paper products ( rain forests, hello?!) or plastic (which doesn't decompose)...Many people don't even care about leaving trash out on the ground... We need to take responsibility for our planet like it's our house...because it is... and you have roomies, dude. Not. Cool.
2. Pot is...all natural, man. In a society where weird lab-made pharmaceuticals aren't even in question, we are appalled that someone would use a plant found in nature as a medicine. God gave us a wide variety of wonderful gifts on this planet. Maybe they were meant to be used "as is". For example, cocaine comes from the coca plant in the Andes mountains. The people there all drink coca tea...even kids! It's perfectly safe and beneficial. However, if you refine it down to it's purest form...what we call cocaine.... it's potentially deadly with one dose...unless you are Charlie Sheen ..who just calls that... breakfast. Sugar is similar. White sugar is the purest form of of the sugar cane. It's completely unhealthy. It feeds cancer. It causes insulin spikes which can lead to diabetes. Though, if you don't refine it,the molasses remains. Molasses is a cancer fighter. It processes like a protein in your body to slow the absorption of the sugar...It basically helps time release your insulin. Marijuana may be smoked here, but ingested, it has been proven many times over to cure cancer, treat glaucoma, help seizure patients, even help calm sensory children...Whole wheat is good for your heart while white flour is terrible... your body can't absorb most of what's in your daily vitamin supplement, but if you ate it naturally in your food.....you get the idea....Maybe we need to listen to the man with the hookah....
3. We all need more color in our life. Wanna know what the new black is? Black. We wear it every day...I'm more guilty than anyone. It may be slimming, but that is the color of death...darkness...night.... and unless Christian Bale is reading this...You aren't batman... Any good pageant consultant will tell you, the color black doesn't exude much confidence. For once in your life, be bold, man. ( see what I did there? I quoted Everafter...'cause I'm a nerd...)Wear bright colors. Tye Dye is happy....
4. Chill, dude.... As Frankie Goes to Hollywood so eloquently stated, "Relax...Just do it!" Of course, that isn't license to do whatever you want without consequences, but rather, it is a mantra we need to take to heart. Things happen. Things we can't control. It all comes out in the wash. We need to just relax. Stressing out is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere. My father always says, "Will it matter in 5 years?...Then it isn't worth worrying about." There is a joke that goes: There are only two things in life worth worry about: are you sick or are you healthy?...If you are healthy, there's nothing to worry about....If you are sick, you only have two things to worry about: If you live or if you die.... If you live you have nothing to worry about...If you die you only have two things to worry about... Heaven or Hell...If you go to heaven, you have nothing to worry about... If you go to hell, you'll be too busy reuniting with old friends to worry....The point is.... Chill.... God's got this... Who are you to worry?
5. Peace, man. Can't we all just get along?! I mean, political affiliations are important, but, for the sake of family and friendship, sometimes you have to just let it go. This is a lesson that I am still learning. I probably always will be. I'm very much an "open mouth wide, insert foot, bite down hard" type of person. The cat never had my tongue....It took me a long time to realize that I had it, and I was throwing it at people. We need to know when the fight is winnable and/or worth the damage. Ask yourself (in your mind) the next time you are mid-argument: "Will anything I say change this person's mind, or are they already set?" If the answer is no...zip your lips and walk away. You can only do harm from that point forward.
So the next time you see someone who was probably at Woodstock, but definitely wouldn't remember if they were.... Shake their hand... They might just be genius...
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