I hate Stupidity

I hate how it affects my life.

It is an insipid creature that is stalking mankind and will surely cause his downfall if we don’t start rebelling against it. I don’t recall it being quite as rampant when I grew up. Oh it did exist and I myself have been guilty of Stupidity      . I know it’s hard to believe. But my sister told me once not to touch this hunting knife that she had as the blade was very sharp. I ignored her of course and ran my finger down the blade. My finger began to bleed. My sister was right and I learned not to do that again. I learned from my Stupidity and moved on. Stupidity should be seen as a tool of learning, not something to cherish

We must exercise this affliction before it destroys us, but the irony of the situation is that Stupidity is a protected species and governments go to extreme lengths to do so. It also cost us a fortune.

But so many people don’t learn from their Stupidity and the rest of us suffer because of it.

15 years ago I got my first mobile phone and I relished in the fact that I could call my girlfriend and I could order a takeaway whilst driving. I was and still am capable of talking on a phone and driving. But because some stupid bugger can not Multitask, you and everyone else in Australia can not legally talk on the phone whilst driving. Why is that so?

Why can’t we just punish the stupid person? Maybe they just can’t drive and the phone just happened to be there. Why should their stupidity affect me?

It’s now got to the point that more and more stupid people are getting into positions of Power. The most famous being George Bush. He changed the world for ever. I’ll let you decide who else could join him.

If we lived by the law of the jungle these people would be bred out and life would be able to mosey along with less clutter, less rules we would feel alive again. You know jumping from a moving bus or train, riding your bike without a helmet so that you could feel the wind in your hair.

Yes we might have less people to laugh at, make fun of even but if the current trends continue by the end of the century we will reach the lowest common denominator and then it will be too late for mankind.

Homer Simpson will be the new Socrates.

The whole planet will be watching neighbours but we won’t lose the will to live because our stupidity will keep that at bay.

I did a Google on Stupidity and within 0.23 secs I got 9,200,000 hits.

I also think it was stupid of me to try and give a three minute speech on this subject in the first place.   

I should have picked something easy like religion or does god exist

I recently went to South East Asia on holiday and I was glad to be outside my comfort zone once again. It’s one reason why I really enjoy going to Asia so much.

In this new world you have to learn once again to think for yourself and not rely on the system to watch over you. You can’t speak the language; you can’t understand what is getting said to you. You wander around and you stand out in the crowd, you can’t blend in and you become an easy target for anyone that thinks you’re worth the effort, a lot of people make there living this way. You have to make your own decisions and people find that quite hard these days. That decision you are about to make could change your life.

When the guy on the street corner in Bangkok offers you genuine diamonds, maybe you should decline the offer to follow him up the stairs to his office.  Even although he tells you that he has a sick child or grandmother at home and if you buy from him today they will be able to eat for the first time in days, take nothing for granted. You hold your destiny in your hands. You have to trust those dormant instincts which for many have been bred out a long time ago, or some just never had them you venture out there at your own risk.

For the latter travelling abroad can be a huge learning curve. You hear of folk all over being ripped off in one way or another and you think how could they have been so stupid. Easy, they were outside their comfort zone and didn’t know any better. If they are lucky they get to tell their story. However some have been a bit more unfortunate and they become a statistic.

We all come from different backgrounds, some come from a world where they have only been permitted to see a PG rated version. As you get older and hopefully wiser, depending on your circumstances, you may learn to move on and maybe get an MA education in awareness.

I would say because I was brought up in  council estate I learned at an early age how to stay safe, but this was not necessarily my comfort zone. You learned the rules to stay safe. Thankfully this has helped me many times in my journey through life. But I have been complacent at times and completely underestimated the situation.

Usually your body will tell you in no uncertain terms that something is not right. It might be a feeling in the gut or as if someone has just whispered in your ear. They are telling you that you are getting close to the edge of your safety zone and to move away from the edge

Different countries have different ratings. I would say that Asia generally would be R rated. You have on your guard and don’t get sucked into the Oscar winning performances that you will witness and maybe regret later.

Being outside your comfort zone can be deadly to your health but it can also be quite exhilarating.

When you cross the road for instance in Cambodia in Phnom Pen the mere fact that you have the right of way means nothing. I have never seen traffic like it in my life. You feel quite relieved when you get to the other side, but it was a rush getting there. And the Tuk Tuk ride through the city is one of the most mental rides I have had and you are not in control. You are in the lap of the gods and of course the driver, but he knows what he is doing, you hope You just sit back and watch the world go by and enjoy the moment.

Getting outside our comfort zone makes us feel alive

As long as you are aware that you are nearing the edge of your safety zone it can also be used to bring on that rush of adrenalin that we love to have, that tells us  that we are still alive.

Speed is a great way to get a rush and I must admit I love driving down the Putty Rd in NSW hunter valley really fast to get that rush.

Jumping out a plane might be your idea, I haven’t done this yet but would love to.

Speaking in public

Asking someone out for the first time,

Accepting new challenges in life.

We have so many rules in our society today to keep us safe, but there are parts of the mind screaming out for some sort of excitement. Extreme sports in NZ is booming, could this be a direct correlation of the fact that society is more controlled, more rules in place to make more of us feel safe

We need to stay safe but we need to step out side our comfort zone to live