Misplaced my charger again, so this is likely the last time I use this computer until Sunday. Such is life. I could use the extended break from work. Maybe I’ll use a bit more of that time to work on the physical. I am committing to forcing a balance between mind, body, spirit, and heart. 25% shares sounds about right.
Or maybe all of these things ought to work in harmony and not be divided by the concept of balance or equal share. That very idea has gotten our species in trouble across the globe. The simple reason is that those who have worked to achieve their place in life feel that so-called equal share will empower those behind them to surpass them with less effort than it took the aggrieved struggler to make it as far as they have. The poor white farmers in the south didn’t get reparations, so the idea that blacks would suddenly have more than them–40 acres and a mule more–was absolutely divisive. In truth, we want the best for ourselves and want more than what others have in order to feel that we have achieved. This is the American way and, for the most part, the American dream.
When you inject any conversation of equality into the mix, it instantly creates an unfair advantage in the minds of some, because of the fear of how such things will be applied. Take sports for example: If 5 people are running a Marathon and the last two were suddenly advanced to the rank of the 3rd place runner, the third place runner would be angry. Why? They have the most to lose in that equation. Even in a non-zero sum game this is true. Imagine seventeen workers in a business making 11 bucks an hour and 3 who’ve been there for long enough to see their effort pay off in a two dollar raise. Now the 3 are making 14. Except minimum wage gets raised to 14, so every bub walking in off the street will get the same rate that the 3’s hard work earned. The 3 should get an additional raise, but this is corporate America. We all know they’ll be told no, thanks.