An Obituary Worth Reading…
The following was passed on to us by Larry Winget: the edgy, cantankerous, sarcastic, opinionated, and hilarious “Pitbull of Personal Development” (a one-of-a-kind thinker who we interviewed in early 2009).
Below is something to send to anybody in your life who can’t see the “forest” for the trees, due to their own levels of complicated beliefs and thinking:
From a London newspaper:
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.
He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:
– Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
– Why the early bird gets the worm;
– Life isn’t always fair;
– and maybe it was my fault.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).
His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. Common Sense took a beating when you couldn’t defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.
Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement. Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason.
He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, I Want It Now, Someone Else Is To Blame, and I’m A Victim.
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.
Filed under: Common Sense
I knew him and shall greatly miss him.
Hey Barry – thanks for sending me over to read this. This little articles really hits home and makes perfect ‘sense’ to me.
Lack of commonsense and stupidity know no bounds it seems.
I don’t own a TV – why bother…there is enough comical material happening in real life.
When I did own one I used to watch ‘The Simpsons’…now many people wrongfully believe it to be a comedy show…it is not – it is a documentary. To be honest when I used to run a bar I think I met Homer Simpson once.
Although at the end of the day we all must take personal responsibility for our lives, the powers that be try do to make that a challenge. The education system is a joke – beyond learning to read, write, add and subtract what useful information do we receive?
Mass-produced food not only has negligible nutrient-content but is more often than not riddled with additives to ‘dumb’ us down.
The water supply is fluoridated – Hitler used that to dumb prisoners down too.
Our personal liberties are being incrementally taken from us daily – in small enough doses that apathy prevent us from putting up a fight however just like a Woodpecker while each peck doesn’t amount to much – eventually the whole bloody tree comes down.
Haydn