Summary

I’m not talking about having a laugh a minute. I am talking about the deep satisfaction that comes from knowing that you are on the right track. That doesn’t always feel like fun, but it almost always feels right. And when things don’t feel right, stop and ask, “Is this temporary, like am I having to work through a hard spot, or I am off track?” When you ask yourself questions like that, go to the place where you tell yourself the truth, and ask again. You will get the answer. Promise. And we all have that “truth” place. Sometimes we deny that we have that place because we are not ready to deal with the truth right then, but it is there. Find it. Go there.

For the next 10 minutes, we will unpack what it means when we are simply not having any fun, and how to fix it.

Transcript

I’m not talking about having a laugh a minute. I am talking about the deep satisfaction that comes from knowing that you are on the right track. That doesn’t always feel like fun, but it almost always feels right. And when things don’t feel right, stop and ask, “Is this temporary, like am I having to work through a hard spot, or I am off track?” When you ask yourself questions like that, go to the place where you tell yourself the truth, and ask again. You will get the answer. Promise. And we all have that “truth” place. Sometimes we deny that we have that place because we are not ready to deal with the truth right then, but it is there. Find it. Go there.

For the next 10 minutes, we will unpack what it means when we are simply not having any fun, and how to fix it.

We all have a built-in barometer that tells us if we are on the right track or not. We just have to be aware of our barometers. It will let us know. We are in the same danger of falling off track if we sense it, our built-in barometer, and pay not attention as if we don’t listen for it in the first place. We are all familiar with that underlying feeling of satisfaction, almost like a quiet buzz, that rises up as just plain fun from time-to-time. And if that is not happening for you, something is wrong. Do not ignore that feeling, passing it off with a false thought, like life is supposed to be this way for some reason or other. Life is supposed to be hard: Life “rules” are simple to understand, hard to implement, and immensely satisfying when done well.  Real fun, real satisfaction, comes only from hard.

There are different names for what I am calling our built-in barometer. Other names include instinct, gut feeling and hunch. Perhaps you have your own name for it. Regardless of the name, I have found that everytime I allow my intellect to overrode my instinct, my barometer, I screw up. Everytime. Not most of the time. Everytime.

Today’s key point. Politics today is no fun at all. Accusations, invective, vitriol, “my side can beat up your side” and overall dislike and distaste for anyone or any group that does line up with with “correct” thinking, make politics entirely devoid of any fun or genuine satisfaction at all. Something’s wrong in our politics. Something is very wrong in our politics.

Until we return to politicians seeking to advance the common goals, the common good, instead of advancing their careers and the power of their party, nothing will change. Until we citizens and voters start demanding more of ourselves in terms of having a true understanding of the real issues--along with understanding the history of these issues and history in general--nothing will change. Until we all get it that unless we all win, that unless America’s needs--not ours or our party’s needs--are met, nothing will change.

"We must all hang together or most assuredly we will all hang separately" -Ben Franklin. When Franklin said this, he was being quite literal. If the Revolutionaires did not hang together and win,