Al Lustie

Al Lustie
Thinking with Al

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Impose, Expose, Depose or Repose

Impose.  Expose.  Depose.  Repose. 
These are the attitudes toward living and thinking I want to explore for the next few days.  I hope you will think along with me, and let me know what your thoughts are.
Think with me of the friend who bounces up to you and says, "You have to do it.  It's expected.  It's what you do."  Your friend has an IMPOSE perspective on life. 
I don't mean she/he is trying to impose on you -- rather she or he is certain that LIFE, God, Society, or some other mysterious force imposes certain things on all of us.  We are all imposed on, and we ought to further the imposing by letting others know what they are expected to do or be or become.  Sometimes the "how" is also imposed, along with the "when" and the "who". 
It's a way of thinking.  I think I am expected to have something or someone tell me what to do, when to do it, who to do it with, and how it should be done.
What do you think?  Do you bring a basic "impose" way of thinking to most of your living?  Share your thoughts by leaving a comment.

Monday, April 23, 2012

Superstition - 1

Did you ever do it?  Did you ever test and see?  Did you step on a crack and then watch to see if your mother’s back was broken?  

Lot’s of kids do if they aren’t sure whether that old jingle, “Step on a crack, break your mother’s back” is true.  Being kids, they don’t realize how bad it would be to break their mother’s back.  But they test.

Sadly, we adults buy into many, many superstitions without testing to see if they are true.  Whether the superstitions are childhood rhymes, adult fears or political and religious nonsense, we don’t test them.  

What superstitions might you be basing your life on?  Make a comment and let us know.