THE REAL WORLD

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

In the real world we have to suffer the consequences of our decisions.

Try climbing Mt. Hood in December and you might get caught in a blizzard and not come down.

Get involved with alcohol, cocaine and bad conduct in general and you may lose your crown as Miss America.

Wait until the last minute to do your shopping and the present you wanted to buy may be gone and you may get crushed in the last minute rush.

Show up late for work, “smart off” at your boss, fail to do your job—you may get fired.

Have an affair and you may get divorced.

Drive while intoxicated and you may get killed and/or kill somebody else.

Never go to class and never study and you may never graduate and remain ignorant.

This is a law abiding universe. It’s not hard to figure out why things happen as they do. Mistakes? Yes, we all make them. Ignorant decisions? Yes, we all make those too. But common sense tells us not to just blunder along making wrong decisions and hoping that things will work out for us when they don’t for other people.

CLIMBING UP A SNOW COVERED MOUNTAIN IN DECEMBER IS LIKE GOING INTO SHARK INFESTED WATER—YOU JUST MAY NOT COME OUT ALIVE!