News fast

I decied to news-fast for a while. I heard on NPR this morning that financial systems of the world were reviewed for its soundness and that the US was at 40th place (better than the UK's 50th!) That is when I decided that I am going to news-fast. I can't do anything about the situation; they are way beyond my control. Did you know that these news about bad economy are making 80% of Americans unhappy? I refused to be in that 80% of the US population.

I see my 2-year-old Bichon Frise Kumo, who truly lives a life one day at a time without worrying about a thing in life, how happy he is every day. He doesn't know that the US national debt is some trillion dollars or the government is using 700 billion dollars of our tax money in attempting to fix this hedious financial crisis. Even if he knew about the crisis, he couldn't do anything about it. That means he is as much out of control as I am. Then why don't I live like him? He doesn't listen to news and he is happy. Do you see the connection?

Let's learn from our dogs and live without worries. Can you see how happy Kumo is in this photo? He was running around the beautiful sandy beach of the Oregon Coast this summer. I think we should all run around and declair our freedom; we are free to be happy! We don't need a zen monk, shrink or motivational speaker to teach us how to be happy.