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   XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.bicycles.misc, alt.society.liberalism   
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   From: HardTimes@TheFarm   
      
   His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote:   
   > On Sep 19, 5:04 pm, Rob Par  wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:31:44 -0700 (PDT), "His Highness the   
   >> TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"   
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   >>> (Perhaps we can amend the Constitution and clarify what it means.   
   >>> "Riding a bicycle" --something very wise-- is highly improbable with   
   >>> all that road rage out there. So it must be...)   
   >>> On Sep 19, 10:29 am, "TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>> On Sep 19, 9:55 am, "TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>> I mean they are second class citizens in a world of Globalization,   
   >>>>> where big money, big trucks, big motorboats is the only way to go.   
   >>>> The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to   
   >>>> pursue happiness.  You have to catch it yourself.  ~Author unknown,   
   >>>> commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin   
   >>>> I'll rephrase this myself:   
   >>>> The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to   
   >>>> pursue happiness. YOU ONLY GOT TO MAKE MONEY.   
   >>> I'll rephrase Mark Twain --my twin soul-- here:   
   >>> "The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else   
   >>> up."   
   >>> It's not totally wrong, but this is my experience with many people:   
   >>> "The best way to get DEPRESSED is to try to cheer up a person who   
   >>> doesn't like humor."   
   >>> ***   
   >>> I'll like to explore here the role of humor --not money-- in making   
   >>> you happy.   
   >>> What do you think? Is humor better than money and all wisdom to make   
   >>> you happy? Check this out:   
   >>> "I spend money with reckless abandon. Last month I blew five thousand   
   >>> dollars at a reincarnation seminar. I got to thinking, what the hell,   
   >>> you only live once."   
   >>> --Ronnie Shakes   
   >> Happiness comes from inside each person, if you are happy with your   
   >> self you will make others happy, being with happy people makes you   
   >> happy. Postive feed back.   
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   > That seems to prove the laws of karma. It doesn't always work that way   
   > though. As a cyclist you often you find drivers under the stresses of   
   > the rat race that want to drag you down. Don't even think of giving   
   > them a finger because I was attacked for doing so.   
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   > Humor though has a way around this. I made a t-shirt that reads big,   
   > "Blow the horn for the revolution" (certainly not motorized) and I   
   > smile as they do so.   
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   > The only way to secure 100% good karma is that you are giving away   
   > money.   
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      And where did you say you get your money to give away?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)