Death is coming

The closer death creeps up upon me the less I am able to understand the reasons for life or living.

Yes I have experienced a close family member dying and unlike television it takes decades to handle such a thing. To think I am going to put my family through such a thing when I finally leave is more horrific to me than the thought of death itself.

My life was and is still a learning experience but when all said and done what am I to do with all this accumulated learning over my lifetime if I just die. There is no logic or reason to this.

Long ago I became aware that the God story that is sold to the majority is just a nice story to give mankind with a message of a basic layout of how nice life could be if everyone followed these ideas. Not many in life do and if one thinks about it the good and evil structures actually depend on each other. The good that can be experienced in life is only understood as good when there is it's opposite to compare it to. This is not rocket science only common sense in reality. I am not saying we need to experience bad but understanding in it is needed to appreciate the great things many of us can have in our lives. From birth to death there are many ways mankind helps his fellow man. How many ways can you help?


Saturday, May 29, 2010

The Legend That Is Bill Gates

By Paul Reed

Bill Gates isn't exactly the most popular man in America. In fact, a lot of people hate him. Are you a Bill Gates hater?

That's a shame. Bill Gates does not deserve to be hated. He's incredibly generous and giving. He has a foundation, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, spends 1.5 billion per year - all on charitable causes. That number is so big it is hard to even imagine.

He's so dedicated to charity, and to working to make the world a better place, he retired from Microsoft to have time to work at this full time. People still think he's an asshole for some reason. The type of people who think bad things about Bill Gates tend to be unsuccessful and negative and bitter.

Microsoft is far from perfect of course. But you know what? They aren't that bad compared to most of corporate America.

Bottom line is that you have to respect Microsoft and Bill Gates. Mr. Gates is a huge success and there's no arguing with how much good he's done with his money. He made all of that from nothing too which is very impressive.

Before we all get on our high horses, let's be real. You can't give to others if you have nothing yourself. If Bill Gates had been all humble and had kept Microsoft small, the world would have been the poorer for this.

Bill Gates is a smart guy, and knew that to achieve his aims he had to become a success. He became someone who could make a real difference. If you are sitting around complaining about Bill Gates and all of his riches, stop for a minute and think. He does a lot of good in the world. How much good are you doing on a regular basis?

Do you contribute to AIDS research? Work to reduce world hunger? Bill Gates does. He dedicates his life to making the lives of others better.

There's no point in resenting other people's successes. This just deprives you. You likely think that you are a good person, right? Well, if you believe that rich people got that way because they are greedy or evil, and believe that you are good, how does that fit together with you becoming wealthy some day? Answer: it doesn't.

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