#267 Reality TV - OR - Wise Living?

     Lance Armstrong is our generation's superstar gladiator isn't he? Hasn't he met and exceeded our society's daydreams of obscene wealth & fame? Isn't "at any cost" a given if one is driven, encouraged, coached, & massively rewarded to achieve one specific goal? Doesn't our society love creating (then destroying) idiot savants like Armstrong, Charlie Sheen, Bernie Madoff, Kim Kardashian, O.J. Simpson, and countless others? These cartoon characters don't appear out of nowhere. They're a product of, CULTIVATED by, our society's demand for freakish entertainment - our version of feeding Christians to the lions & gladiators fighting till death. We pay these characters thousands of times more than teachers, social workers etc!
      Every day, moment-by-moment, we make countless choices between being egocentric (selfish) OR being in harmony with the big picture. Choosing to live wisely ensures a very fine quality of life, NOT notoriety & wealth.

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