There has never been a better time for comedy, for the general feeling of funny, in America than right now. And a big reason for that is how deadly serious everything is. The environment is merrily trying to scrape us off the crust of the planet. Our financial institutions are corrupt, malicious, and in the hands of sociopaths. Our system of government has sputtered to a halt and is grinding metal while the infrastructure rots away. Religion has mutated from quiet faith to mob hysteria. And our attention spans make gnats look like scholars. If you want any say in running things, in being prominent, in being taken seriously, then you’d better laugh at yourself.  

And screw being politically correct.

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

Devout Hindus say the name of God is truth.

God favors no groups; only religions do that. 

Satoru

He who laughs last lasts. An amused attitude toward life can help you get through difficult and silly situations. Try laughing out loud the next time one happens, telling yourself, “A hundred years from now, it will not matter.” Look in the mirror. Make a fist and a frowning face. Jump up and down and shout. You will start to get angry because our physical actions influence our mood. Now, begin to smile slowly, aiming to laugh out loud. Smiling is easier because it takes twice as many facial muscles to frown as to smile. Each muscle doesn’t have to work as hard; they all work more efficiently together. Think of something that makes you happy. Use your imagination and picture it. Look into the mirror and watch cheerfulness rise in you as quickly as a child with a lollipop. Act the way you want to feel.
Satoru

Life is constantly adjusting to internal and external pressures, relationships, and circumstances. Attitude is the main way we cope. The ideal of a perfect body and perfect health is something to aim for, even if we may never fully achieve them. Health, however, is a positive state, not just an absence of discomfort or a passive blessing. Start your mornings with daily positive affirmations that send out the vibration of what you want to create. This simple practice will set you up for success and give you energy. Take a mental timeout during your day when challenges, demands, crises, and chaos occur. Spend a minute or two reciting positive affirmations to center yourself and begin the next part of your day with clarity.

“Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.”

Say it out loud. Believe it as you put both your hands over your head and out to the sides, the power position.

“Taste the Now, smell the infinite, feel the smooth skin, hear the silence and the music of the wind, develop a Technicolor mind, be blinded by the rainbows, and see forever.” Satoru

This year is the 66^th anniversary of movie The Wizard of Oz. Know how I know that? This is gay history month. The Wizard of Oz is still very contemporary. Trump needs a brain, Vance needs a heart, and Congress needs courage. The buckshot stops here in a world facing borderless threats like climate change and emerging diseases. When you elect a criminal clown, you have a circus filled with amateur incompetent clowns, that burn down the tent and blame it on the previous performers. It’s like watching the Hindenburg crash into the titanic.

We must reckon forcefully with the idea that there is a right side and a wrong side. The keyword here is responsible for your actions, inactions, collusion, collaboration, speech, or silence. If you are aware of the problem but do nothing, you are complicit in accepting a system or situation that has twisted reality for their convenience. If you can act, even in a small way, and you will not, that is where complicity lives, and your inaction has moral consequences.

Listen to Ray Charles’s rendition of America.
Satoru