"Scout" wrote in message
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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote
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..... I'm willing to wager that I am the only asa subscriber who has
and never has had time payments, has and never has had a mortgage ...
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Wilbur Hubbard

Wilbur,
I appreciate the fact that you share your perspective with us. You
have an interesting take on things, and although it would take the
complete collapse of my life as it exists now to find myself in a
similar lifestyle, I would probably find some happiness in a spartan
existence. At least for a while. I think I would soon yearn to
accomplish new things though. Perhaps your point is that those new
things, at least initially, could be new sailing adventures?

I like a bit of hot pepper on my food. I had a student once who sat
and ate a bowlful of hot peppers while I watched. We both appreciated
something about the flavor and feel, but he was clearly more into
peppers than I. I would never challenge him in a pepper eating
contest. I still like peppers, it's just that I like a plate of beans
and rice with them.
Scout

Your take on food gives insight into your take on life. Hot peppers
serve only to burn out your taste buds to such an extent that you can no
longer taste the subtleties of milder foods. To taste something hot you
deny yourself tasting something mild. There are many more foods of a
milder and subtler nature than of a hot. So, gorge the few you deny
yourself the many. Dumb!

Overdoing life by borrowing is just another sign of gluttony of the hot
and spicy. People borrow because they want something above their means
and they want it now. In doing so they miss out on things that really
matter. Things such as realizing the real value of your labor vs. what
you can purchase with it. Things such as being patient. Things such as
never having to say, "I just don't have time." Things such as enjoying
the taste of the milder things in life without covering them up with the
hot and spicy. As with food, a mild life is easier to appreciate and
better for your health and well-being than a hot and spicy life. This
should be evident when viewed in the light of oh-so-many celebrities who
self-destruct. They can have anything they want. They generally try
everything hot and spicy and it all disappoints and disrupts to such an
extent they suicide or nervous breakdown, etc. When's the last time you
heard of a Buddhist Monk being so maladjusted in life?

One of the basic truths in life is simplicity. Many authors espouse the
simple life. Many readers say, "How cool is that!" But, then they go
right back to their overspent, overbudgeted, overharried, overextended
lives. It's an addiction that results in ruin. When you are thirsty go
to the well. Draw out a large draft and drink your fill. Don't run
around from lemonade stand to lemonade stand quaffing thimbleful after
thimbleful which results in continued thirst.

Wilbur Hubbard