September 26, 2011

Live. Life. Full. Your Way.

Everybody wants their first blog post to be epic. It almost certainly is not. My first one contains some interesting ideas, but nothing epic here either. So take from it what you wish. It doesn't matter much to me. Here's what you need to know about me. I'm an economist. I’ve studied and practised it for a long time now, and I have come to believe in the magic. I even teach it. From that background, you might expect a pro-business perspective at this blog, a free market free-for-all, if you wish. And you’d be quite wrong, because I don’t believe the market always gets it right. Not everything can be bought and sold in a free market, with the price determined solely by supply and demand.

Along the way I've discovered that the economy is for people -- all kinds of people, from rich to poor. From us to them, and everyone in between. It can't be any other way, and endure. I also understand that wealth conveys economic power, and with that economic power comes political power and the ability to set the rules of the game. You can be sure I fully comprehend how intensely compelling it is to implement rules that favour oneself. It’s endemic; remember the kid who owns the bat and ball never strikes out.

With all the economic, political, social, and human distress occurring today in our world, some things indeed are very important, and some things are not important at all. Not globally, not personally. In my posts, I will eventually work my way through most of the really important stuff, some of the less important stuff, and hopefully none of the useless stuff, which abounds. But not today. Today’s post is for me. Or for you too, if you like it. For me it will be the post I’ll look at when I need a boost. It will be the one I search out when I get bogged down in mundane matters and need some inspiration. It’s the post that will remind me to keep working, moving, playing, laughing, jumping. It’s the post I’ll come back to when I forget to breathe.

In the language of today’s motivational speakers, you need to find your passion and follow it. Every day of your life. In other words, live your life. Yours. Like these guys live theirs. I love their energy. You don't have to risk your life to be alive, but you do need to do what makes you feel life. It’s a pretty simple message. Live. Life. Full. Your way. So, like I said before, there's nothing new here. Nothing epic. Move along, please move along.......and don’t forget to breathe.




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