Life first, Then Time.

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What does Fleece wearing SUV and Mercedesfood on the highways. Then those highways are
drivers in million dollar ocean shanties got to teach us?falling apart because now there is only a tax base of
The sign as you aproach their town answers this,600,000 at 6% instead of two million at 6%. So do
even if they do not pay attention to street signs.you think that upper caste was going to pay higher
Life firstDrive slowly Then time....taxes? But who then pays for the military to keep
The sign read. What an appropriate statement forthe Germans out.
this intersection. The sign resides on the three wayToday Coffee Anen, suggest to the world to boost
corner of Maple and Humphrey where the traffic ofspending for aids research in the third world where it
two elite towns intersect. SUVs, BMWs, Mercedes,is epidemic. With the third world owing vast debts to
and Mercedes SUV’s lay the pedal to the floorthe developed countries, it is not going to have the
and sit to wait. For some it is the only pause theirmeans to pay them back if their work force is in
day will allow. The towns of Marblehead andneed of constant overwhelming medical care. Health
Swampscott (pronounced Swampscett) are oceancare then begins to drain those countries of all of
front towns with their corresponding property prices.their expendable income that could of gone to paying
Now to maintain those property taxes and SUVs anddown their debts. But also as their population
their like, life first is an axiom.increases their infection rates and they become more
For the truth is time is short and it is the force thatfluent in the world economy and travel abroad more
governs life. But how to spend that time is thefrequently. Infection rates in the world ports of the
question. Drive slowly is a good start. Scientist saydeveloped world will increase and spread into their
the bigger the star is the more hydrogen it needs tointeriors. Plus the numbers of immigrants to those
burn to keep from falling in upon itself. Then there isports will bring increased danger. When the slaves in
the likes of Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and ElvisRome coughed within their masters presence, it was
who shot their way across the screen at night inthe great equalizer. For it brought death in the form
short flashes of light. Either speed, diet pills, downers,of the plague. For death is an equal opportunity
alcohol or hydrogen; faster you go more you need.employer.
High maintenance.Then again you must ask, how much time have you
Now imagine if a star was growing at exuberantgiven your kids. We are the only creature that takes
rates exponentially. Now there is a certain perimetertwenty years to raise its youth. We control the vast
around a star that will burn all the hydrogen in itsenvironmental web. If we buy that SUV or put that
reaches. Now as that star grows the material in itsnuclear plant in, or increase timber production; they
vicinity it will devour. The larger the star more spaceare behaviors that effect that web. So we must be
it encompasses. Space it had to burn out othercareful in raising our children. We need to take time
bodies of matter or displace them to occupy. Now ifto correct their mistakes and to point our own. For
this process had no cap to it, it is not hard tohow we interact with our children is how they will
conceive that in time this star will encapsulate theinteract with their future relationships. If we ignore
whole universe. Our planet of life and any others outthem, they will ignore those around them. If we
there would be burnt away in its corona.mistreat them, they will mistreat those they come in
Now I wonder if people who over-consume wondercontact with. If we fill them with prejudice, they will
why their are hungry people in this world? Or if theyfill others with it. If we teach them fear, they will
do at all. When does it cross a CEO’s mind tofear others. But if we take time to teach them love,
sell a yacht, trade in an BMW for an oldsmobile, sellpatience, understanding, truth, strength, honesty, and
that house in the Hamptons, turn back 20 of 100self esteem; they will pass these gifts on to those
acres back to public forest before they decide givingthe encounter. Now if every one is related by six
people the choice between smack Ramain ordegrees, how would you like your son or daughter to
Macaroni and cheese. Does it ever pass a smallaffect the world? Now do you have time.
business owners mind twice the social cost when heDo you have time for your wife or husband who will
purchase a BMW instead of giving a living wage tohelp you accomplish this goal. Do you have time to
the people who run his store and support him. If hemake them smile. Do you have time to share with
slow down enough to think, would he understand.them. Do you have time for them to make you feel
Rome fell when it let its middle class vanish. Now letsspecial. Do you have time to accept forgiveness
pretend that the tax rate was 6%. And that thosefrom them and live tomorrow as a new day. Do you
funds went to maintain the infrastructure that thehave time to enjoy what you have reaped so far. Or
senators said was never enough to keep their vastare you over extended from your new gained
empire afloat. Now lets make up a number for thewealth. Do you live in a rotary from hell. Well you
total population. Lets say three million, and out ofhave a choice as you sit at that three way stop sign
that there was 100,000 in the upper caste, 900,000at the intersection of Mapple and Humphrey Streets;
in the middle, and two million in the lower economicYou could always turn northeast and head for Salem.
caste. Well the middle class fell through the hole andBut drive slowly on the way; and I almost forgot to
then displaced many of the lower levels out of theirtell you to think about yourself first, for the more
occupations. Now out of the lower two million, thereyou have within yourself the more you have to give.
was few stones and even few that gave blood. SoSo Life first.