Dummy Me

One sign of high intel­li­gence is found in a person’s abil­ity to ignore things that have no ulti­mate con­se­quence. It is also a trait of a keen spirit and a deeply dis­cern­ing soul. How eas­ily dis­tracted are you? What really mat­ters? How often have you stressed out over imag­ined expec­ta­tions? Are there things in your trash bin that you pur­chased, once upon a time, that you dis­cov­ered were a dis­tract­ing waste of money?

I know that I am an igno­rant per­son. I pride myself is not know­ing lots of things. It is amaz­ing how lit­tle I know about Brazil­ian music. It is not in my con­text of life right now. If it ever is, then I will have to learn some infor­ma­tion about it. For now, the very thin book of Brazil­ian music sit­ting on my men­tal shelf is there just to col­lect dust. It prob­a­bly always will. I have a lot of vol­umes like that, and it does not bother me one bit.

Quite frankly, I do not know a whole lot about mak­ing a liv­ing and I am clue­less about finan­cial invest­ments. For some weird rea­son, I am stuck in some sort of “give us this day our daily bread” sort of syn­drome. I work. I have enough to eat. I pay enough taxes to stay out of jail. Next subject!

It is bet­ter to know things than to know about them. I pre­fer to know the Lord than merely know about him. The same is true for myself. It is bet­ter to have a valid inner sense of self than a spiffy resume. What I list on paper is not as impor­tant as what I keep in my heart.

You think my house is empty; you ought to see the inside of my head. It is amaz­ing how much inner stuff I have tossed. Bet­ter a few really ter­rific ideas than a cra­nium over­flow­ing with trivia. For­give­ness will help you clean out your soul too. Being more selec­tive about your expe­ri­ences will keep too much from com­ing in the front door of your psyche.

Yes, I am pre­oc­cu­pied. The sub­ject mat­ter of my focus is infi­nitely pro­found. It is amaz­ing how focus­ing on greater things helps you stay igno­rant about lesser things. Dummy me! For what­ever Divine Rea­son, I am liv­ing a blessed life.